Hosting A FRC Team @ A Middle School

[JimInNJ]

Originally Posted by ZipTie3182

Sorry if this seems really ignorant, but I thought to compete in FRC you had to be in grades 9-12? I must be wrong if some towns have middle school teams. This would actually be great for my team if we could allow in 7th and 8th graders. We have a really hard team recruiting since we're not through a school. Could someone verify this?

During several Coaches Calls last year, the presenters admitted that there was some "leeway" on the minimum age, with FIRST deferring to the team coach to determine if the young child was mature enough to deal with competition at that level, BUT the maximum age would be strictly enforced.