Must Read - Seriously, You'll love it.

[rick.oliver]

Please, do yourself a huge favor and read this blog post, especially if you coach or mentor a team.

http://leadwithastory.com/top-10-dif...-and-robotics/

This was written by one of our parents who attended CIR this past weekend.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by rick.oliver

Please, do yourself a huge favor and read this blog post, especially if you coach or mentor a team.

http://leadwithastory.com/top-10-dif...-and-robotics/

This was written by one of our parents who attended CIR this past weekend.

The more involved he gets with robotics the more he'll realize the diffrences aren't all that wide.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The more involved he gets with robotics the more he'll realize the diffrences aren't all that wide.

That may be true to some extent, but we must guard against the pressures of sports entering our community. If we see behavior that is not what we think belongs, we must speak out.

[Boltman]

Had to chuckle at no brain injuries...yet team's HS insisted I pass online concussion training to be an "official" robot mentor of the district.

[Carolyn_Grace]

Originally Posted by Boltman

Had to chuckle at no brain injuries...yet team's HS insisted I pass online concussion training to be an "official" robot mentor of the district.

Well, during Aerial Ascent, there were plenty of volunteers wearing helmets field-side to prevent concussions from frisbees flying at 60+ mph. haha

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

Well, during Aerial Ascent, there were plenty of volunteers wearing helmets field-side to prevent concussions from frisbees flying at 60+ mph. haha

Paul Copioli's son Gio nearly got his head taken off by a ball that caught him off guard working field reset. Fortunately he has very quick reflexes and snagged the ball just before it hit him. Another volunteer working nearby significantly injured his fingers catching a ball (He may have broken them. They swelled up pretty good. It didn't help that after getting his fingers bent back by the ball he tried to catch the next ball coming in the goal right after it and aggravated the injury). 2013 was really a bad year for volunteer injuries. Those frisbees were brutal!

[MamaSpoldi]

This is a GREAT article from the perspective of a parent at an event for the first time. I truly appreciate that they see what we are trying to do. I have been sending this link to everyone! It is awesome.

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by Boltman

Had to chuckle at no brain injuries...yet team's HS insisted I pass online concussion training to be an "official" robot mentor of the district.

On the topic of brain injuries: Galileo 2014 Q3

Actually, I just wanted an excuse to watch that again.

[wilsonmw04]

or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnE0j69_gYk

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnE0j69_gYk

The 1610 bot to 2363 HP is hilarious because the robot turns, and you imagine him thinking "hmm, that's differe-BAM". On the other hand if I'm on 1519 I could win every major award in the book and the most vivid memory of my time in FIRST would be the time we beamed the founder of the program straight in the nose.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

The 1610 bot to 2363 HP is hilarious because the robot turns, and you imagine him thinking "hmm, that's differe-BAM". On the other hand if I'm on 1519 I could win every major award in the book and the most vivid memory of my time in FIRST would be the time we beamed the founder of the program straight in the nose.

We watched that every morning on the way to the arena last year and laughed every time. The best part of the video is the fact they hand him the ball and he has to feed it back into the robot that just beamed him with it.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

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How this still gets brought up in relevant discussion every year is beyond me.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

We watched that every morning on the way to the arena last year and laughed every time.

Needless to say this video provided a very teachable moment for our Human Player and I'm certain the hands/face-on experience was also good for y'all
and I still laugh audibly in public places when I am reminded of this video

[Sperkowsky]

Inspiring to hear

[YAK'ker]

39 at a Regional?

thanks for sharing this....as an alumni parent, I can remember feeling that same way and being so pleasantly surprised.

I have also dealt with parents who brought their "little league" competitiveness to our events and were disappointed and overwhelmed with trying to understand how the scoring worked. It always amazes me that the next year I see them at competition, they are the ones bragging about how much better robotics is than sports and explaining the scoring to the newbies.