-
Talk to other teams, make friends, moer friends = much more fun
-
When scouting, dont sweat the small details, look at the important facts needed and scout them well.
-
Scouting is MUY important
-
Support your team with all you have
-
Have fun
- You’re never too cool for a giant conga line around an arena.
-
Make sure you turn the robot on before the match
-
Eat a good breakfast before competition
-
Speak up when it comes to a major decision about the robot
-
Dont be afraid to talk with other teams
- its impossible to bring too many buttons
-
It’s immpossible to bring too much of any give away.
-
Make sure your battery cable isn’t somewhere your arm will catch it and unplug it when you start a match. (True story)
-
For Heaven’s sake, use a velcro battery strap or otherwise firmly secure your battery. Batteries don’t help you if they’re lying on the field.
-
If part of your robot cart sometimes sticks to the underside of the robot, make sure it’s not stuck there when you put the robot down for a match, leaving your wheels 2 inches off the ground. (Almost a true story)
Hey! You changed it.
Good thing. Now it can be the template for the new version of the button. 
-
Safety glasses may be a nice forehead protector, but thats not what they are made for.
-
Make a list of safety rules and go over it with your team so everyone knows the proper safety procedures. Place list in pits where everyone can read it. Judges like the list(2 safety awards this year so far).
-
Make punishments for breaking the safety rules. Pushups work good.
-
Be careful when driving your robot cart over cables, it can learn how to fly(almost a very bad thing).
-
Stop very slowly when your robots wheels are the only thing touching the cart(almost another very bad thing).
- (KokoEd reminded me of another) your teams banner can never be
TOO BIG
heh. :o
- If you’re the coach, don’t be afraid to do whatever you have to in order to get the driver’s attention, especially if it’s to avoid a penalty. Go on, it won’t kill him to be hit on the head.
sorry i frogot one
- Winning is an outcome
Now you can add all your reminders to one centralized list.
http://www.nrg948.org/portal/modules.php?name=101Things
I’ve already added all the ones up to this point.
- Safety glasses may be a nice forehead protector, but thats not what they are made for.
I beg to differ on that one…
just ask Ricky Q. how safety glasses saved his life up there!
Only a very few people will really, really appreciate this, but:
“You need an open-handed slap to the side of the head.”
or some variation of the same.
But if you’re the coach, don’t touch the controls, whatever you do.
(And before you laugh, this actually happened to us at one match at Chesapeake. Disqualification isn’t pretty.)
- Always coordinate strategy with your partners.
-
If you dont think you’ll get enough sleep, better bring some Bawls!
-
Don’t bother bringing a GameBoy or iPod.
-
Always keep track of your stuff (i.e. put your name on it), especially when you leave things in the stands, and especially if everyone on the team has something that looks exactly like yours (i.e team shirts).
- If people offer free hugs, take them up on it.
-
Volunteer…it will make you see a totally different side of FIRST.
-
Often time the best, most powerful teams are the ones who are most likely to help those in need.
-
If it can’t be done in pneumatics, it really doesn’t need to be done.
-
Designate a few team members to be ‘team spokespeople’ in the pit and then be sure they are always there to be spoken to.
-
To really embarrass your mentors, make a huge sign of their head and then take it to every regional possible and get it on the webcast.
-
Your opions and statements DO reflect on your team and its’ reputation, regardless of what your disclaimer says.