Role of coach?

[chessking132]

As a driver it is important to me to have a coach that,

1. Stays clam at all times if a coach gets exited so will the drivers
2. Listens to the teams scouts and i able to work with them to get information
3. talk to other alliances and be able to model his robot to the other two teams
4. Think fast on his feet and make good half second decisions
5. Maintain a positive attitude to the drivers and the team
6. technical knowledge the know what to do if a robot breaks and how to use it to his advantage
7. Most importantly have fun and maintain a positive attitude

The coach that we had this year did all these things well and we had a great time at the competitions even when we were not doing so great. Some people think that is all the drivers but i believe that having a good coach is more important then a driver. You can have the best robot and good drivers but with out a good coach your not going to as well as you could.

Matthew Simpson
Team 75 driver

[Blue_Mist]

The coach should make sure they know the other robots and teams as well as the scouts do, if possible. One very useful thing this year on our team was that the scout leader (me) and the coach are very good friends and work well together. She made sure to get information from me on each of the five teams before every match, and we would work out the strategy together with the drive teams of all three alliance members. This method worked particularly well because I ended up memorizing each team number, name and information and could spout off any team's status/tendencies/stats/possible strategies instantly. I like to think that several match outcomes were turned in our favor because of this coach-scout-strategy relations, but perhaps I'm biased.

[midway78224]

well as a coach for the last two yrs. i believe that im responeable for making sure that all system on the robot r a go. in the pits and on the field to get the best straegy for us and our alliance commuicate that to our drivers make sure we follow that plan to the best of our robot abilities. check the robot after the match to make sure everything is working good.