29-03-2010, 11:20
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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Re: Why Give Open Bids to the Championship?
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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
That being said, we, here in 1729, won't go tothe championships unless we earn it through either an award or winning our regional. Our reasoning is that it is a (championship) competition, and as such we are trying to win in the area with which we qualified (EI, CA, regional champion). I believe it focuses the kids more since they know that if they want to go they need to succeed at the regional level.
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On the flip side, the negative feeling when you don't qualify at an event, and the immense pressure everyone on the team feels when you have to qualify or lose, are both detrimental to any team's success. I say this having been on both sides of the coin.
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