team spirit?

[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.