Traits of the Drivers, Coaches, and Human Players

Originally Posted by Bleric

To tell the truth, the best way to choose your drivers is to have them practice and see which one is best. Good drivers can come from any team, really

Theres so much more then that.

Raw skill is just a fraction of what a driver needs to have. Good hand/eye coordination is another skill that is a must. Also the driver and operator need to be able to communicate well with each other and the coach. You dont want to risk breaking your arm because the driver had to make a quick move and the operator wasnt aware, so he left the arm down to get whacked causing an unecessary repair to be made.

Also, anyone on the driveteam needs to know the rules of the game inside and out. I reccomend giving each of them a game test and not being happy with the results until they are pretty much perfect.

Finally, the drivers and coaches all need to be able to handle criticism. Back in the days when I was with the Technokats, we would have a debriefing after every match where the coach would point out the positive and negitive things that happened in the match, and then after that was done the drive team would get a chance to critique the coach. You really dont want anyone on your drive team to get offended by every single comment made....theres going to be ciriticism, so you just have to deal with it and make improvements down the line to prevent them from happening again.

Ok, I lied....one last thing

Remember, driving around in the shop with your team watching is a lot different then having a few thousand people watching your every move and (possibly up to 10,000 people watching you) The have to be able to handle the pressure.