[Cow Bell Solo]

I'm speaking for my past team but we actually got some of the vex kits in the past and would use those for pre season activities to try out different drivetrains, get new members introduced to programming, with the easier smaller scale robot instead of having to do the large scale fabrication. I don't know if they have used them the past couple years but I found it helpful and also helped us understand the thinking of an FTC team.

I know around where they are located there isnt an FTC team nearby but I don't think it would hurt to check out videos on YouTube as well as FTC teams to see how they have approached stuff as they have had similar problems in the past with different types of climbing