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Re: Drive Coach Strategies/Ideas

The first thing I always do before a match is take my drivers and talk with the other teams on our alliance. We check if they need help with anything and what they want to do. After doing a checkup we go back to our pits and figure out a gameplan for that specific match.

I also make sure to talk with my scouts to learn about any weaknesses either on our own alliance or for the other alliance, so I know exactly what to expect when we are queuing.

Then during queue we tell our alliance partners what we will do and see if they changed anything and plan accordingly.

As for the match play, I keep it very fluid. Usually my drivers are able to make plays themselves and I alert them of anything that they might not notice, such as ref calls or the time. If we need to change gameplay I tell them and they do it accordingly. Remaining fluid and able to be flexible is something that I have found helps.
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Re: Drive Coach Strategies/Ideas

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I'd love to learn more efficient ways of handling the role.
Congrats! One to realize to learn and get better at what they are doing is one of the greatest asset. Personally I never liked one who yells or boss around alliance partners. For an alliance to succeed the need to have mutual respect. In the heat of competition some times thing go wrong, anger and yelling will not change anything, except raising frustration among partners.

One thing I have learnt from Mr. Bollinger the coach from team 2337, the Enginerds is to show respect to other partners especially the alliance captain during play offs.
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Re: Drive Coach Strategies/Ideas

From my experience on a drive team (as I, too, am still learning the ropes of coaching)...

As a driver, I always appreciated being given space from other teams' coaches, both in terms of match strategy and communication on the field. That means that things often work best when each team is performing tasks they are comfortable with. If you come in trying to bend the alliance's strategy to your will and make your partners do what you want, it can get very uncomfortable for the their drivers and coaches, who are put in an unfamiliar position against their will. If you think the alliance really needs to work some way, just make sure you get buy-in. It also means that during a match, I didn't want other teams' coaches talking to me. It's an unfamiliar voice and it's not fun to hear conflicting instructions from your own coach and someone else. Try to keep all the communication among the coaches, and let your fellow coaches interact with their own students.
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If you come in trying to bend the alliance's strategy to your will and make your partners do what you want, it can get very uncomfortable for the their drivers and coaches, who are put in an unfamiliar position against their will.
Which is why we decide on strategy before matches .

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Try to keep all the communication among the coaches, and let your fellow coaches interact with their own students.
I agree with this, and during comps I make sure to only talk to my driver/operator/hp, and the other teams' coaches.
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Which is why we decide on strategy before matches .
I mean when you're deciding strategy before matches. It's certainly possible to tell your partners "I know what we need to do" and then get half-hearted agreements out of them, but if they don't feel any ownership of the plan, it won't go well. You can walk away thinking things were decided together, and your partners can walk away thinking things have been decided for them. At least in my experience, the best thing to hear from another coach is "What do you like to do?"

And to piggyback on a well-deserved shout out from Tungrus, Clint Bollinger from Team 2337 is always one of the best to work with.
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