Choosing Drivers for the Long Haul

[Peyton Yeung]

I got on the drive team my freshman year (Breakaway). At first I was just a sub and worked with the strategy portion of the drive team. After our first event, our human player decided he didn't want to do the job because the game didn't seem to put much emphasis on physical skill as it did in Lunacy the year previously. That is where I stepped in as human player. Although I had really wanted to be base driver, I took the role as human player as a learning experience. Being on the field at a tournament is very different from being on the field at home. I got to learn how to strategize with teams and deal with competition stress. This pushed me to train myself how to drive after the season ended. The experience I had gained that season and the summer after it allowed me to be the most adapt at driving, giving me the role as base driver my sophomore year. The same has held true each year since. The people with the experience each year have driven the robot and for the most part no one else on our team has shown interest in driving.

TLDR Basically the people that want it more and have passed our written test get the job and typically hold the position until they graduate.