How do you find time for sports and robots?

[Whalley]

I was just wondering how other people find time to go to both sports practices and robotics meetings. Last year I was able to attend almost every robotics meeting and this year due to track i can barely make 2 or 3 a week. I usually rush home from practice so i can do some homework in the hour before I have to head off to robotics. (this is why I am wearing spandex in American Robot episode 2). I was just wondering how other people deal with this issue

[Alaina]

Well, I don't think this will help you a whole lot, but I just don't do sports....

[Lisa Perez]

Two years ago, tennis practice lined up just perfectly with robotics so that I didn't have to miss anything. Track, however, was a different case, so I ended up just being statistician that season.

One year ago, tennis was at the same time as robotics, so I compromised with the tennis coach to just be a fill-in for doubles since we had an uneven number of people anyway.. Compromise = good stuff

This year, football practice was an hour after robotics, so that posed no problems whatsoever.

Pretty much, it's just been deciding what my #1 priority was/is.. And that's robotics

[Petey]

Originally Posted by Alaina

Well, I don't think this will help you a whole lot, but I just don't do sports....

Not a good plan.

I've never done a sport during the FIRST season, but--in addition to my duties as strategy team lead--I currently am in a play, doing Mock Trial, editing the newspaper, and helping plan/performing in a rock concert at my school. Not to mention school, college apps, scholarships, etc.

The key is to do your homework as efficiently as possible, and do as little of it as possible.

Also, be able to delegate tasks to capable, reliable people who get stuff done.

And not need to sleep.

--Petey

[henryBsick]

For me right now it is...
-Science Olympiad projects
-7 honors classes
-Work
-Skiing (club)
-Fall and spring I manage a portfolio of stocks in a national competition.
-Spring I play laccrosse because it is not school affiliated. The baseball coaches didn't like the time that I missed, so I dropped it for a new less committed sport.
-And the most Important...ROBOTICS

I dunno who said it... but "No one has more time than anyone else"
You have to manage in your priorities.

-Henry

[slickguy2007]

Last year I used to do track and robotics. I also did a whole bunch of other clubs as well, but they didn't interfere too much. Usually at robotics we stayed until 8 or 9 every night so I would just head over to Robotics after track and practice driving the robot. I would suggest that you talk to your coaches and your team advisor to sort your conflict out. If all else fails, quit your sports teams and support your robotics team.



GO 1403!!!

[kristen]

Well I have ballet 4 times a week, so I just end up coming late.

.. at least Track doesn't start until AFTER robotics

[Pat Roche]

During high school I was basketball player and I was lead/assistant lead etc. for three years. I was able to put about 300(my sophmore year)-500(junior and senior years) hours (I also had open slots in the day where I could work too) in during build season even with basketball games and practices during the week and teh weekend. It just takes alot of time management and dedication.
-Pat

[Kyle]

you have two options, 1 find the site that Napoleon dynamite's uncle got his time machine from.

2. Run really fast at track practice so you can get done earlier and get to your meetings.

Now being serious, It is very hard to find the balance between other activities and FIRST. Many people who have jobs or play sports find ways to get to work before or after meetings. Sports is a whole different thing for people that have done it on MOE, most of the kids either work it out with there sub team leaders to come a little late or even have to switch days on and off between work/sports and robotics. With the homework issue, the way I deal with it is by just trying to do it before or after school or even at the meetings if needed.

[UsmanB]

this year i am managing to participate in first team, chess club, cross-country, nhs, and science olympiad.

cross-country is a fall sport
chess club meeting isnt even mandatory, just show up occasionaly for a few matches.
nhs meetings are in morning and havent had any conflicting dates, i tutor kids at first sometimes since we do tutoring

only problem has become science olympiad and i found out that the competition day is the same as our first regional and so i am choosing not to attend the science olympiad competition. so i guess im not in that anymore...

[Whalley]

the problem is that I am a varsity indoor track runner and i score in some of the meets, plus if I miss too many practices for Robotics then I will get kicked off of the team. My coach has some anger management problems.

[themaxim]

im an aspiring football and lacrosse player as well as a wrestler. i take all honors classes, no free period, and im also a musician as well. what do i do? i leave school at 3, go to wrestling, after that pick up food, go to robotics from 630-9, then i come home and shower, and i start hw at 10. and then i wake up 630 the following day and do it all over.

[Mike33]

you know there really is no good way to cope with sports and robotics. i try to do what i can and go with the flow of the day.

[Pi Is Exactly 3]

Well for me personally, tennis doesn't start up until mid-March. So that won't be a problem for the most part. Right now, we're dodging track kids as they run through the halls. They get really upset when we leave the woodshop (that's where we work) and they have to stop (OH NO! ) and let people use the hallway. But they don't mind watching us build and see how our robot evolves throughout the season. Basketball is also running now, but we don't have any basketball players on the team. Other than those, lacrosse, softball, baseball, and spring track don't come until March as well and the fall sports don't affect anything. Basically winter sports and robotics clash a bit too much for someone to do both.

[nightrenegade00]

Originally Posted by themaxim

im an aspiring football and lacrosse player as well as a wrestler. i take all honors classes, no free period, and im also a musician as well. what do i do? i leave school at 3, go to wrestling, after that pick up food, go to robotics from 630-9, then i come home and shower, and i start hw at 10. and then i wake up 630 the following day and do it all over.

Sounds a bit like my schedule but only during the spring. I used to do Football Basketball/robotics and Track my freshman year. Last year I quit basketball and my schedule was football robotics and track. Football wasn't fun anymore and got cultish so I dropped that and now I only have to work on track. It sucks now before nationals because I'll do my track workout and then at a meeting ill be asked to do human player running. they still want us to make a human player training video but were goin to have to make it on days we dont have track. Even as a thrower we still run and lift which wears you out. Its not as bad as it was and I like it the way it is now.

-Crash