Student Field Coaches?

[mtaman02]

i think in the end, the best drive team is as follows... Driver 1 - Who ever can control the robot
Driver 2 - Someone who knows the game, can listen to instructions, and most important, can get along with the main driver
Human Player - Someone tall, and preferably knows the game
Mentor - Someone who knows the entire game, gets along with everyone, but most importantly, is very friendly with Driver 1, and during the heat of 'battle', can remain as calm, or even calmer, than everyone else. the mentor's biggest role is to basically yell at the driver, because the driver can get a little overwhelmed at times

My team Coaches consist of 4 Adults. Theirs only one adult we trust on the field. We do not allow the students on our team to be field coaches b/c we don't need something unplanned to happen during a match. Students minds are not equipped to make quick decisions when something goes wrong during a match. At least not my team anyway. Our Team Captain Richard Xuereb is our field coach. He has been our coach for the last 2 years. we have a Strategist also as a Field coach but this year required one coach and 3 students. So we just used the strategist for strategy and nothing more.

The best driver team i believe is people who can operate the robot correctly. Be able to make a decision w/o actually talking about it. People who can get along with another "Greatest Professionalism" People who know the game. People who can act like a "TEAM". Our driver tryouts consist of the following.

1- Who can opearate the robot correctly
2- Who knows the game well
3- Who can come up with a excellent stratedgy
4- Who can shoot the most balls into the goals
5- Who can communicate with one another w/o actually speaking
ooohhhhh - telepathic communication
6- Who can get along with others the best
7- Someone who will follow all the rules of the game
8- Whos a good listener
9- Driver 2 can get along with Driver 1 with no problems - Visa versa.