What we learned from week 1

[Sam_Mills]

Originally Posted by ToddF

Getting back to the topic of the thread...

- Practice results in proficiency. I'm still in awe of how effective team 11's feeder was at loading their robot quickly. The technique he used and the skill he exhibited isn't something that just happens. It has to be learned and developed by practicing with field elements that match the real ones, not the facsimiles suggested in the team drawings.

Our human player practiced for hours and hours on the human feed station from the team drawings. Part of what made him so lethal is that he trained on the plywood one where he had no sight. Palmetto was the first time he got to use a real field, and it was like taking off a blindfold for him.