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Originally Posted by kstl99

We are a small team that did really well this year. Someone mentioned that some teams work at robotics year round.

I am curious what other teams do while waiting for next year's kick-off in 262 days.

Sounds like you are off to a great start! Follow up on the things that you mentioned and what others have said. Add one important element to the list. Have fun together! We do this a few different ways. We have a team picnic, go to 6 flags together and have a team banquet. Just being together and getting to know each other during the off season will help tremendously.

I would venture a guess that most of the really good teams take a little time off to regroup and reintroduce themselves to family. But for the most part it is a year round activity. Our students push us to continue to meet and grow and learn together. They came back from Atlanta and generated a 3 page list of things they want to do.

1. Last word of advise, look at those things that you can separate from build season and accomplish now. You already hit on a few:
2. Work on web page
3. Teach others about things like programming, CAD, animation
4. Get new sponsors
5. Send thank you letters to your sponsors
6. Attend an off season event
7. Attend an off season workshop
8. Enter a 4th of July Parade with Robot
9. Have a booth at a Fair
10. Ask yourself what happened during build season, and what knowldge was most lacking, teach yourselves that new skill.