Field Clipboard Handouts @ GTR

[Yan Wang]

While at FLR, I had a clipboard with useful stuff in it. On the outside, I had a laminated playing field diagram. When talking to drive teams, this was a useful tool to have to draw out general strategies, starting positions, etc with dry erase pens. Sometimes, it was useful after a match to show a partner what they said they'd do and how far off they deviated from that strategy.

Would teams at GTR like to have a clipboard of their own for drive teams? We may mass produce them and hand out one to each team (along with a pen) for the regional so that all teams can know (and remember) what the strategy is. With so many robots on the field this year, being gung-ho and trying to do it all yourself doesn't seem to work. Trust your partners.

[Karthik]

Yan,

That sounds like a marvelous ideas. I'm sure the teams at GTR would really appreciate this type of giveaway. I know the NiagaraFIRST.org teams would really enjoy having these clipboards.

[KTorak]

Those are the most helpful things ever. We made it to finals because of it. Before the quarter finals started, we sat down with our alliance partners, dicussed the robots we were against (thanks to 322 for having all those pictures with the scouting info) and then we planned our attack. We were hooked on this when another team (sorry, i forgot the name), took us over and discussed our plan of attack. Thanks to the team who handed them out at GRL (curse my memory).