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Re: DRIVER SELECTION....

Posted by Deej at 2/2/2001 1:28 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


In Reply to: DRIVER SELECTION....
Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/2/2001 1:04 AM EST:



After reading through the posts, I've decided to put in my piece as well. I was driver for 4 years as quite a few of you seem to be here, and I know how I approached the game. Coming from a smaller team (team 42 PARTS), we never really had that many engineers to make building the bot that easy, and we went to competitions knowing that something could go wrong someplace. As for driving tests, we had people try out, but in the end it usually came down to skills and experience. My senior year (99) it came down to myself and one other driver. We hit the practice rounds in Hartford, and I did my round very well, and just near the end of the other drivers round he got a little shaky. It was the experience in the end that picked the driver. Driving with experience is a huge asset. Experience gives the driver the ability to think a few steps ahead of what exactly is happening. When things went wrong with our bot, I never stopped or hesitated as to what i should do next. I essentially scrapped together what I thought was the best strategy and kept chugging (and winning). While coaches are the main strategists, the drivers make the final call, cause they have the sticks in their hand. Colleen pointed out our Driver Selection test so far, and we believe it is a great system, but never rule out experience in the end. It is the one true determining factor.


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