Training for Drive Coaches

[Danny Blau]

I was a driver for two years and then coach last year. We went into our regional without much practice but I feel there is no substitute for experience on the field. One great way to do this is a end of build session scrimmage, we have one locally here and its a big help to give drive teams practice in real world competition.

From my experience the best coaches were once drivers, they know how to communicate with the drivers and know what its like in that role. This helps the drive team work effectively, that and lots of practice, as soon as the bot is ready drivers/potential drives should be driving it hard. Robots have a personality and it takes time to figure this out as a driver.

The best advice I can give is practice, a lot, with just your bot, with other bots the more the better, this will allow the coach to figure out the game and how to best deploy their robot during the match to be the most effective


Danny B