Starting FRC at School with VEX Team?

[gblake]

Entering your rookie year of FRC as a HS senior, well prepared to guide/serve underclassmen as you all start a sustainable FRC team that has a solid business plan, that is an inspiration in its community, that will be fed by strong/nurtured programs for younger students, that can manage time well, that understands how to move from a strategy to a well-tested implementation, that is filled with students able to communicate well with adults, businesses, and peers, and that OBTW, builds and drives an OK robot ...

Well, that would give you an excellent shot an earning one of the World Championship Rookie All-Star awards.

FRC is about way more than the robot or the matches at tournaments. If you look at the big picture, your school's FRC team is starting right NOW, before you file the paperwork to get a team number. It's time to get busy getting things done now, not 2-3 years from now.

Along the way to helping your current coach be successful with his current plan, maybe suggest that your group should build and experiment with at least one legal FRC robot (have it inspected when it's "done") before the FRC team officially forms. See where things go from there.

Blake