Traits of the Drivers, Coaches, and Human Players

[Peter Matteson]

We gave the kids a written exam on the rules, robot, competition, and strategy. After that we did a driving skills competition with old robots to further narrow down to 4 students. They will practice head to head to be the competition drive team. This is different than we have done for the last two years and I don't know how it will work out yet. It is a way you could look at doing your selection but sub it RC cars for old robots in the practice. Also a lot of what the drivers really do at the competition you won't fully understand until you get there but quizzing the kids on those things tells us a lot fast.