Rookie Mentor for 2016, help?

[sunny69]

Dear new FRC friends,

I am going to be a rookie mentor for a rookie team this year (sorry I don't know the number off hand) and I would really appreciate advice from veteran mentors about learning experiences they had, so that hopefully I can avoid at least the most common mentoring mistakes.

I'm not very technically minded, so if anyone has suggestions for other ways that I could contribute, I would appreciate that as well. (however, I do weld, and I know how to run a drill press, band-saw, sander, mill, etc.)

Also, I've tried to look this up, but I have not found a clear answer. Do mentors go with the students to competitions?

Thanks so much for your help!