Easiest ways to succeed at competition

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by jijiglobe

I've been wanting to create this thread for a while to discuss the simplest things that teams can do to improve their results at competition, these can be based off of personal experience with your own team, observations of other teams, things you've read on CD, or anything else. I'll start with my 3 tips.

I love these tips. Here is my take on the original 3.

1) Make sure everyone on your team showers every night, and wears deoderant

I've actually spoken to several safety advisors about this at competition. Hygiene at competition is a SAFETY issue and should be managed appropriately. Your local team safety captain should be the defacto leader on this.

2) Make your bumpers slick, and clearly legible from the top of the stands

The United States Sign Council actually took a very analytical/engineering approach to this problem. See here: http://www.ussc.org/SignLegibilityLettersize.pdf

Most teams don't have enough white space around their numbers.

3) Stay professional and polite at all times

Yay GP.