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Re: Mentors as Drive Coaches?

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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner View Post
GREAT point.

A looooooong time ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the robot controller was an abacus with a monkey at the helm, I was the drive coach for team 308. Back then, I used to always give the same speech to the drivers before the competition season began. Something like, "if anything goes wrong in the match, or if anyone doesn't like how the match was played, send them to me. I'll take all the blame and all of the heat for what went wrong. blah blah." I always believed in taking the heat off of the drive team - it seemed to help them relax.
Thanks for this post, I'll try to be more intentional about doing this at CVR. Definitely seems like the right thing to do to take the burden off the (already stressed out) drive team.

I've had the pleasure of coaching the last two years on two separate teams. I think it's been a beneficial experience for all parties involved. I have a blast with the kids, get to keep things upbeat, meet with a lot of teams to talk strategy, and remind them constantly that it's only a game!

Talking strategy is super fun, especially when the coaches/strategists on the other teams in the alliance are students. You get to kinda mentor them too, by being a model of a good attitude and competent play-maker, and encouraging them to do the same!

I love coaching. I hope people don't resent me for it...

-Mike
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