Team Match Schedules?

[topgun]

Is there an easy (ie. automated) way to get the specific list of matches for just one team during a regional?

When the practice schedule is released, we would like to get the list of matches just for my team so we can print them out and hand out to our team (students, mentors, parents, sponsors). Same for when the qualification schedule is released.

[notmattlythgoe]

If you get the FRC Spyder app for android, you can get the list of matches for a specific team for the qualification matches. I don't know about a quick way for the practice matches though.

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

If you get the FRC Spyder app for android, you can get the list of matches for a specific team for the qualification matches.

That's a great idea

One other method is to copy & paste the entire schedule into an excel spreadsheet and write some VB code that searches for matches with your team number and copies those matches to a new sheet. Our scouting spreadsheet has had that functionality for a few years. Of course we don't really use that anymore because everyone uses FRC Spyder.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

Of course we don't really use that anymore because everyone uses FRC Spyder.

Except people with Blackberries...

[alectronic]

The FMS has the ability to do this, and they can print a copy for just your team's matches. However, they usually don't because it is very very long. (When you have 50+ teams)
Usually, there is 1 or 2 copies at Pit Admin that you can go and borrow or copy from.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

Copy, paste, email them. We're special in our own way Karthik.

P.S. I love my BlackBerry.

[MrForbes]

Find a student who is not very busy in the morning, have that student get a pen and paper and start writing. Some things can be done with ancient technology.

If you have a laptop and a printer, you could get that student to type it and print several copies.

I usually take a picture of the match schedule so I'll have it on my camera, it's not easy to search but it does have the info.

I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Find a student who is not very busy in the morning, have that student get a pen and paper and start writing. Some things can be done with ancient technology.

If you have a laptop and a printer, you could get that student to type it and print several copies.

I usually take a picture of the match schedule so I'll have it on my camera, it's not easy to search but it does have the info.

I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

LOVE IT! I love technology, but sometimes there is nothing wrong with doing things the old fashioned way. Get those kids away from their iPhones and laptops a little bit!

[PaW]

Originally Posted by squirrel

.... Some things can be done with ancient technology.

Indeed.

I print the entire schedule once it's posted online (usu. Thursday night).
I use a highlighter and mark every match that contains my team ... I eyeball-check my paper highlights with Firefox' CTRL-F "Highlight All" feature when viewing the Qual Schedule.

Fold it, stuff it into my back pocket.

Over the course of Friday and Saturday, I was asked dozens of times by my students, "do you know our next match?"... I just pull out the folded copy and point.

Faster than any smartphone, easier to use than viewing a camera image.

(If the hotel you're staying at has a "Business Center", learn to use their printer)

[PaW]

Originally Posted by squirrel

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I should start bringing a typewriter with me to have in the pits...just to show kids what we used to put up with...

Squirrel -- see this timely article in the NYTimes from yesterday:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...writers31.html

...
Type-ins have popped up in Seattle, Phoenix and Basel, Switzerland, where they called the event a "schreibmaschinenfest.

... old typewriters are built like battleships. They survive countless indignities and welcome repairs, unlike laptops and smartphones, which become obsolete almost the moment they hit the market."

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

Time to step out into the light Mr. Kanagasabapathy

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Except people with Blackberries...

For a guy who likes his phone, you sure complain a lot about it. Sooner or later you'll take off your Canadian blinders.

To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

[PaW]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

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To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

I know when to use the correct tool for the job ! Technology wins in this case.

[kaliken]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

For a guy who likes his phone, you sure complain a lot about it. Sooner or later you'll take off your Canadian blinders.

To all of you extolling the virtues of pen & paper, highlighters, idle students, typewriters, etc, I challenge you to retrieve the event schedule for any given team faster than a smartphone app.

Well with enough idle students....

[Pjohn1959]

If you are on a computer, hit Ctrl + f, then type in your team number and it will be highlighted for each match.