Drive Practice

[Dwight_2]

Originally Posted by beijing_strbow

We're looking to make some significant improvements this season over last - one of which is the amount of practice our drive team gets before competition. So, how do other teams handle this? Do you have a set time where the drive team gets the robot, or separate drive meetings, or something else?

We may or may not have the resources to build a practice bot, but in the case that we do, how much does the practice bot help with drive practice?

Last year as a rookie team we were fortunate enough to have the funds for a practice bot, the second bot was wonderful, being on drive team myself last year I can tell you the countless long nights spent driving over defenses and scoring with my co-driver really helped develop our teamwork. however, if you don't have the funds to do the second robot I'd suggest dedicating a few days at the end of build season to "Problem Solving" days where the coders are working hand in hand with the drivers to find the problems and fix them adequately.