What do you guys suggest for teams that have little to no idea on anything

[Billfred]

I'm going to give you a jewel of wisdom I shared in our rookie workshop at Kickoff: you may not be able to win a regional just off drivetrain alone, but you can certainly lose a regional just off drivetrain alone. Get the AM14U3 driving, and shake it down. (Maybe not that violently, but drive it over things and make sure nothing rattles loose mechanically or electrically.) If nothing else, you don't want to be pegged as the team that blew a tower capture.