Drive team stress?

[sodizzle]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

The first thought you should have in your head isn't "the team is counting on me," but "the team believes in me." It's a subtle difference in writing but the second one instills you with confidence instead of enabling fear.

I was the driver last year, and our first match ended, well, not as expected. If I remember correctly, after the fall, my drive coach took the other driver and me aside and told us almost the exact same thing. That changed my attitude for the rest of the year.

It's already been said in this thread multiple times, but just have fun. After all, it is just a game.

[JTEarley]

I am human player on my team and in many practices, I worked on avoiding G40s. In semifinals at Alamo, it was called on me for the first time. It really started getting to me, and I put pressure on myself. We still won the match, but I felt bad about getting a penalty that has been deciding many matches.

Right after the match, the other students on our drive team told me not to let it get to me since it was the first and only one. Even 118s human player came over and told me that I was good and that I shouldn't fret.

It is good to have people backing you up.
But always try to take things that happen as a learning experience and if necessary, go somewhere where you can just sit down, drink some water, and take a few deep breaths