Calling All Drivers

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

dont give up if the odd's are'nt good

This is one of the best pieces of advice posted in this thread.

Never, Ever say a match is won or lost until the final score is posted. I've seen too many teams say we're going up against (XXX) and they're awesome and we're going to get owned. If you take that mentality then of course you're going to lose. Go out to every match and do your best, a wise man once told me "A Robot can Always be fixed but a Match can never be Replayed."

Also, Keep a level head. (I suffer from this) Don't ever get too big of an Ego. No matter how awesome you were in the last match, your last regional, last year, last decade you could still lose. A battery could come unplugged, your robot could reset, the field could drop you, your robot could throw a chain, you could get triple teamed by the opposing alliance, you could get pinned in a corner for 2 minutes anything can happen. Always be ready to work your butt off and play each match as if it were your last.

And something I've found out in the last few weeks, Stay away from drama at a competition. If you know there's someone on your team who stresses you out then try to stay away from them. I've seen first hand what team Drama can do to a Drive Team's performance and it's not pretty.