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I would like to see another day added to the competition...
Wed. Unpacking, Tinkering, and Inspection Day Thur. morning: Practice Thur. afternoon: Qualifying Matches Fri: Qualifying Matches Sat morn: Qualifying Matches Sat. aft: Elimination Matches Wednesday would be used to unpack robots, tinker, and inspect. Only three team members would be allowed in the pits. The practice field would not be available for teams to use. On Thursday, practice could start at 8:00 am, since robots are already unpacked and inspected. Since teams would be mostly ready to go for their first practice, you will have fewer no shows and teams can get the most out of their practices. Although I love the chaos and adrenalin of the current practice day, it would make inspection much smoother if the number of people in the pits were fewer. Also, it takes us about 2 hours to get unpacked and ready to go, even when our robot is just coming out of the box. In three years, we have yet to make our first practice (usually scheduled for 10:00 am). I envision that 1-3 team members would go out in advance of the team to get the robot prepped. On practice day, when the full team arrives, they would know that their robot is ready to go and could make the most of the practice and competition time. This scheme would also give us another 1/2 day of matches, without increasing the amount of time away from school for the majority of the pre-college students. Andrew Team 356 |
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