team spirit?

The reason some teams don't have alot of team spirit is because they think it is a worthless thing to do even if it does get your team moral up. And they have no life.

[aksimhal]

So... What's the importance of having team spirit, and besides yelling and cheering, what else does team spirit do? (I'm a rookie )

[lallamavolador]

Team spirit is what makes the competition fun. I see other teams and they look so bored. We just scream, dance, and jump and have an awesome time doing it. Without team spirit that competition is rather boring and repetitive. Spirit is to show how proud you are of your robot. Even if you have an awesome robot or a basic robot when you cheer and dance it makes the FIRST experience alot funner. Most teams i guess don't cheer because they are made of mostly guys. Ramtech is also mostly guys but we all know that cheering and having fun is what makes the competition fun and makes you want to go over and over again.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by aksimhal

So... What's the importance of having team spirit, and besides yelling and cheering, what else does team spirit do? (I'm a rookie )

Two words: Infectious enthusiasm.

[orelinde]

Team 1733 would like to borrow those teams that have spirit as we only have 7 students attending the event and those 7 expect to be in the Boston Regional pits.

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by orelinde

Team 1733 would like to borrow those teams that have spirit as we only have 7 students attending the event and those 7 expect to be in the Boston Regional pits.

You are lucky, you have TJ^2 at the Boston Regional. That team was "Born to Cheer"! Go over to them and ask them to help you, you will find they are very gracious in their cheering encouragement. Get to meet MOE, one of their mentors. That is one crazy guy!
(Not to be confused with our MOE, or Big MO from Detroit.)

[Aaron D.]

ou are lucky, you have TJ^2 at the Boston Regional. That team was "Born to Cheer"

I'll agree

[Tim566]

Originally Posted by Bill Moore

You are lucky, you have TJ^2 at the Boston Regional. That team was "Born to Cheer"!

Yes they certainly were they went to our regionals last year we were seated next to them and boy did they make themselves heard. my head ached incurably for hours after the competition even the next morning Tylenol no longer stopped the pain although I will admit it did numb the pain slightly

[Pat Chen]

Originally Posted by orelinde

Team 1733 would like to borrow those teams that have spirit as we only have 7 students attending the event and those 7 expect to be in the Boston Regional pits.

I wish my team...180 S.P.AM. was going to the Boston Regional...but ..... the good news is: another Floridian team will be there...233...Think Pink...they are awesome ..full of team spirit and infectious.....you can't miss them...their color is pink ... the guys wear pink body paint..... and their bot is pink...look them up.

Team spirit is really...having fun...if it means the team line dance...mentors dancing....all of this is in good natured and harmless fun ...it does connect the team and the participants of the regional.

Good luck to you. If you are going to Atlanta...look us up....especially if you need something....we bring everything on the bus.

[lallamavolador]

Originally Posted by Pat Chen

I wish my team...180 S.P.AM. was going to the Boston Regional...but ..... the good news is: another Floridian team will be there...233...Think Pink...they are awesome ..full of team spirit and infectious.....you can't miss them...their color is pink ... the guys wear pink body paint..... and their bot is pink...look them up.

Team spirit is really...having fun...if it means the team line dance...mentors dancing....all of this is in good natured and harmless fun ...it does connect the team and the participants of the regional.

Good luck to you. If you are going to Atlanta...look us up....especially if you need something....we bring everything on the bus.

look us up RAMTECH might not have been there last year but we are gonna be there this year soo come to use!! just looks for some a whole bunch of people (around 40) jumping and screaming!!!! number 59.

[RebelWithARobot]

Spirit?

I tattoo'ed myself for this team.

[Winged Wonder]

Originally Posted by aksimhal

So... What's the importance of having team spirit, and besides yelling and cheering, what else does team spirit do? (I'm a rookie )

well, beside the whole part that there's an award for Spirit (thats really not important in reality... thats just a nice bonus if you win it), having Team Spirit sort of unifies the team. it gets you all together to cheer on your Drive Team and your Pit Crew, and its a great excuse to just let loose and have fun. You've worked SO HARD to built this robot... now's your chance to just have fun. trust me, when you're being spirited (yelling, cheering, bodypainting, running around, starting a congo line or limbo or even twister) you meet a lot of new people that way and make new, amazing friends that you would have never met otherwise.

having team spirit has a lot to do with the disposition of people on your team... usually if you've got more laid-back people, they're less likely to jump up and do the cha-cha slide than if you're with a team with a lot of rambunxious high-energy kids. usually that energy from other teams transfers over, but think of it as being personally up to you to bring the party and get everyone to stand up and have some fun. Spirit is all about gracious professionalism and having fun... its about cheering people on, whether it be for your own team or the opposing alliance or for some team you're good friends with or some rookie team who honestly has no idea whats going on.

Don't worry, you'll understand once you finally get to a competition. its the most fun and rewarding experience you could ever imagine, and those three days will probably be near (if not at) the top of your list of favorite memories for your entire high-school career.

[psycho7]

hey, team spirit is having fun without bashing other teams. There is an award for team spirit at the Granite State Regionals. Sometimes a team that doesn't do so well in terms of the robot, wins this award because they cheer for other teams with alot of enthusiasm.
after every FIRST competition i've been to I've lost my voice by the end.
dancing, hanging out with other FIRST peeps, and just having fun is what I love about the competitions. Winning helps with the fun factor alot but is not necessary.

[Towel]

The extent of our team spirit are 2 foam board signs that say "Bay Shore 271" on them that usually stay on the floor at competitions. Here, we believe that if you are not working on coding, driving, or operating, you should sit down and scout. It's what I did last year, and I had a great time. Why not tone down the screaming and help your team gather information? There is nothing better for your team than to work for it.

[lallamavolador]

Originally Posted by Towel

The extent of our team spirit are 2 foam board signs that say "Bay Shore 271" on them that usually stay on the floor at competitions. Here, we believe that if you are not working on coding, driving, or operating, you should sit down and scout. It's what I did last year, and I had a great time. Why not tone down the screaming and help your team gather information? There is nothing better for your team than to work for it.

Basically what we do on our team is that most of the team is out in the stands screaming and cheering and a team 4-5 people goes scouting. We only do scouting on thursday with an occational scouting during the actual competition.