Short Coaches

[Mark Garver]

Originally Posted by Captain Thunder

This year our drivers are 6'3" and 6'4" (thats me) and our coach is about 5'4 or some where in there he has had no problem. i however have had a problem. I have had to hunch over to get a clean view of the field. those light boxes that show your team number are about eye level with me. anyone else have that problem?

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

I almost thought this thread was a joke when I read it

But seriously:
I know that it is illegal for human players to use any sort of mechanical device that would give them an advantage; this would include a stepstool of any sort. But as far as I know, the rules say nothing about coaches using stepstools. If you really are worried about this, go ahead and put it in the FIRST QnA.

I think this is a non-issue, though--we have a short coach (sorry Mark ) and he'll just move to a side or stand between the drivers during the match.

JBot

Come on guys, give me some credit... 5'6". This will be my 5th year coaching and before that I drove for 3 years. I never have had an issue with either due to height. Although in 2003 the team did create a pair of shoes that were an extra 12 inches tall for me; after rolling my ankle a time or two the shoes came up missing.