[ChrisH]

I am honored that my team, 330 made the list in the first place. We try very hard to help other teams develop the resources and depth that we have managed to accumulate over the years.

I think that teams that are not on this list and want to be on future lists sit down with a local team that is and ask them about what they do and how they do it.

FIRST rewards teams that help others. The best way to do well at a competition is to have good partners. In the case of top-level teams, this means pulling the other teams up to your level. That can mean anything from helping adjust strategy during a match to helping machine parts for another team. The vast majority of the 51 teams on the complete list understand this and practice it.

Most of the top level teams will be happy to help struggling teams. If they are local and familiar with your team, they might have been anxiously waiting for you to ask for help, knowing that unsolicited advice is rarely taken. Look at this list as a way to identify those teams that are most likely to be able to help you with your problems.