What to do?

[MFS766]

Defiantly did the right thing to do.

I remember as a student in FIRST, I would yell at my teammates, simply in order to project my voice over noises in the pits. I was the pit chief then, I would normally just yell at the drive team when we were repairing the robot together and they would just yell back. It was purely for communication and we all understood each other. This came from our athletic sports. I was used to yelling in Lacrosse and the Drive team and I have played soccer with each other many times.

However, not everyone on the team is familiar with us yelling. If they did not know me, I can be confusing to tell if I was angry or simply projecting my voice . I yelled at a teammate to help me and he though I was criticizing his efforts with the repairs. A bad call on my part. He was visibly upset and yelled back at me for being arrogant . I immediately apologized to him. Despite my intentions, I was at fault. It was not necessary for me to yell. It may have been very clear to understand each word, but my tone meant something entirely different. It is important to distinguish supportive/communicative from actual anger (very unprofessional). I realized then, while my friends and I were used to communicating to me that way, my other team mates were not and I should be more watchful of how I was projecting my voice in any case.

Now as a mentor for my high school team, I think there should not be case at all for me to yell at my team. The students defiantly do not know me enough and it would unprofessional for me to behave like that. If I was the head coach with the drive team, there may be yelling to communicate better while on the field. This only if the students are comfortable with that. For students of other teams, I think yelling orders would be unprofessional. So presently, the only time I raise my voice is to cheer for my team.