[ECDU]: pressure

[Michael Leicht]

i was thinking about how much pressure is on the driver. just not the pressure in driving but the pressure with judges and other things. anyone else think that there is more pressure then just driving?


with this i felt like that your skills as a driver is somewhat can help get your team an award or not. cause if you hear what the person that presents the award says things about the driving and the skills of the robot which is done by the driver. so that is why i asked this question.

[Bharat Nain]

There is a lot of pressure on the drive team members, all of them, but mainly the driver. There is pressure from refs, drive team coach, team coach/mentors , pit crew members, and other people in general. Sometimes their comments are pressurizing enough. That's why it is very important for drive team members to maintain their calm no matter what the situation is. Driving skills and field experience comes after a while when the driver has played on the field for some time. Of course, with experience you also learn to maintain your calm in tense situations and your driving skills improve.