FRC Penultimate Manual (Paper)

[tjf]

As a "Rookie" turning into a mentor, I learned a lot as I went. Tips and strange quirks about FIRST & FRC I learned along the way. (I didn't join Chief Delphi until after the season ended.)

As soon as the season ended, I set out to create a set of papers to help get people "up to speed" on FRC & FIRST. With help from my teammates, alumni, mentors, and other people as crazy as myself, it quickly became a sprawling document of links, posts, and notes on FRC.

I also realized that it could, in theory, be used by Rookie Teams as a sort of guide on how to start / keep a team going. Therefore, I present, the FRC Penultimate Manual (via Team 1257).

http://team1257.org/FRCPenultimateManual.pdf

Now, I understand that actual competition is considered by quite a few to be the only real way to "understand" FIRST & FRC, but hopefully this document gets people adjusted to the culture, and to understand more, faster.

Screenshots
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Table of Contents
https://i.imgur.com/A62Euhm.png

It currently includes 4 major sections:

• 1257's Notes on Subdivisions of Your Team
• 1257's Notes on FRC Events
• 1257's Curated List of useful tools for FIRST participants.
• A curated list of Chief Delphi posts designed to help a team in difficult areas (Drive, Leadership, Programming, etc.)

For further additions, suggestions, and revisions, please either DM me or post below.

Best of luck, and happy FIRSTing!

Tim Flynn