Top Ten Tips From The Veterans

[bobwrit]

Don't stress

[NorviewsVeteran]

-Don't complain that you lost that match, think about what, under your control, you can improve.
-If you can improve something, make sure you have enough time to do it 2-3 times.
-Things can go wrong on the practice field.
-Sometimes I feel like I stick my neck out there when I say this, but- The mentors, coaches, and teachers aren't always right. And it is mainly the ones who say that it's not true that it applies to.

-One of the biggest things I've learned is that you have to learn.

[wo-bot 141]

ZIP TIE THE BATTERY CONNECTOR TOGETHER!!
If your robot gets hit hard enough that red connector for the main battery may disconnect. It has happened.
one zip tie/ tie strap/etc or no power for a match.

[Justin_B]

have a check list in the pit, so that after a match you can do a complete physical of the robot.

this has saved our team more than once, like a setscrew that had fallen out, and if we hadn't checked it, we would have put the robot on the field and the main function would not have worked.