TEAM 406 NEEDS HELP!!!!!

[jamie_1930]

Originally Posted by miss 406

Im a member of team 406 and even though we are not a rookie team...we have a lot of problems...

1st there are only 7 dedicated members on the team and out of that 7 half of us are new

2nd our coach first year was last year so ( NO OFFENSE) he knows just as much about first as we do

3rd due to the recent reccesion we have lost most of our mentors and we have no work space as of now ( BUT IS STILL THANKFUL FOR THE MENTORS WHO ARE STILL WITH US!!!)

the team is sort of like a rookie team all over again..so im asking is there anyone that has any suggestion on how we could still make this year a good year with all these PROBLEMS?

First thing is I'd like to suggest looking at the situation this way. On a lot of FRC teams there are a ton of people, and what can end up happening is some people don't really learn anything because there are people more skilled who can do the job instead of them, so with your situation everyone is forced to become a skilled and competent worker because when your down to that few people you need everyone to be working at full speed.

From heading my schools FTC team (3750) this year here are a few things I would suggest

- Make sure everyone is always working and doing something
- Overworking can be bad, but underworking can cause team members to become uninterested with whats going on (You only have 7 so losing 1 person is 15% of your team)
- If problems start to arise between members solve them early as possible you need to be a close family (especially with a small team), not us 3 v. those 3, and the last guy off in the corner

That's all I got right now, but I'll probably have more later