unique strategies that worked....... or didn't

[Anupam Goli]

We knew we were screwed for our last couple of quals matches at Palmetto this year, so on Friday night, I was tossing around strategies with some of the other mentors and students. We came up with this strategy that we call "the magic school bus", which was a formation where the three robots surrounded the ball, and just kept in formation while running down the field, gathering the 3 assists, and finally scoring it. We thought it would be stupid and crazy enough to work.

Crappy visualization:

R1 0 R2
... R3

Basically, inbound it so the ball lands in the middle of this robot cluster, R3 pushes the ball against the wall for the first assisst, then the formation moves the length of the field, with R2 pushing the ball, and at the final zone, R1 would pick the ball up and score.

The strategy never came to fruition, and I don't remember why, but I think everyone's minds would've been blown at the event if we unveiled it on the field.