Do any teams have a mock kickoff?

[bigbeezy]

At the end of this past season, those of us who were graduating talked a lot about the future of the team with the mentors. Mainly we were brainstorming ways of getting the younger members of the team more involved. Our team this comming season will be rather young in both experience and age (lots of sophmores and freshmen).

One of the things that we tossed around and that everyone seemed to think was a really good idea was to hold a "mock" kick-off event. Basicilly we would get the team together prior to kickoff, like early/mid december, and have a "mock" game prepared (this could be from previous year's games) and present it to the team. Then we would do everything as we would for the real kickoff. This way the newer members would know what to expect come January, and be more able/willing to contribute to the design of the robot.

I have since designed a game, and we are planning on holding this "mock" kickoff around December 13th. I would post the game, but i dont want any of our members to see it early, only myself and 2 of our mentors have seen it. I may post it after so you all can check it out.

So what do you all think? Are there any teams out there that do a similar event? If so, do you feel that they work?