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38 | 46.34% |
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44 | 53.66% |
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Re: A Captian and Driver Issue
IMHO, if your picking drivers, I think a good idea is to watch your students throughout the build season. Pick out the ones that work well with others, work well under pressure, and can also work independently. Keep a mental note of those students during try-outs. If your team holds driver try-outs, make sure it's not just about who can drive the robot the best. Give them other challenges that have nothing to do with a robot. (Specifically, I feel a really important skill of a driver is to be able to make on the fly decisions when your coach is unavailable. That doesn't mean to have the ability to defy your coach, but rather think on your feet for yourself.) So give them real life scenarios, and ask them what they would do. If they answer quickly, then there's a potential candidate.
Also, quiz them on the manual. -Nick |
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Re: A Captian and Driver Issue
On Team 93, we have driver, operater, and human player tryouts every year after build. The mentors decide who performed the best, and who had the fastest times, and those people is chosen. It is possible for the same three kids to be on the drive team for all four years, if they are the best.
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Re: A Captian and Driver Issue
This issue really depends on the current group of students. How dedicated they are and sometimes you know who your drivers are going to be going in to the season. For example, our 2008 drivers had 2 regionals and a championship appearance under there belt going into the season. We knew no one was going to out drive them in tryouts but held them anyway. 1251 is lucky enough to have 2 guys with plenty of experince on the driving sticks as drive coaches. One will fill in if the other is not there. As far as electing captians, the mentors can make suggestions to the head mentor, who it should be. However, our head mentor has the final say in that. I will echo the sentiments of the others that say a captain is not necessirly the most gifted person on the team, but the most dedicated. Most important is the chemistry between the drive coach and their drivers.
Just some thoughts, Drew D. |
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Re: A Captian and Driver Issue
We elect a Team President, VP, Treas, Secrtry, Eng Director, and Bus Director each year. They serve as the leadership team that meets weekly to run the team. In Jan/Feb they schedule both a "drive team test" (about the rules and "what if" scenarios - drivers, human player, and coach all take this) and an "actual driving tryout" for those who want to operate the robot or human player (very objective, video taped, timed, and scored). The written test is 40% weighted, the drive test is 40% weighted, and then there is a 20% weight based on a 3 person panel recommendation (consisting of at least one adult). It turns out to be a very fair process and only the absolutely committed students subject themselves to the process.
Sometimes the team president ends up the driver, other times not. How's that for being complicated!! |
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