Driver's Test

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Ethulin

But I see it as this, if my drive team listens to tho coach (who DOES know the rules backwards and forwards) they would never bump the bot in the loading zone because as an informed coach I would say "Now take the right isle down the field, make sure you do not hit the loading bot". If I can keep my drivers' minds on doing a task then they preform that task to a much better ability than if they second guess it.

But if the drivers know that touching the loading bot is a penalty, the coach doesn't have to tell them not to hit it. Instead the coach only has to say "Now take the right isle down the field".
I don't mean to turn this into a discussion about how to coach, but I don't think the coach should be giving instructions that specific. Rather the coach should be saying things like "cap the far right", or "defense on 173, don't let them cap middle row".