Team Role – Grade Level Team Captain – 12th

Team Co-Captain & Pit Crew Chief – 12th

Communications Director – 11th

Mechanical Specialist – 11th Safety Captain – 10th

Graphic Designer – 10th

Spirit Captain – 10th

Electronics Specialist – 10th

Electronics Specialist – 10th

Electronics Specialist – 10th

Electronics Specialist – 10th

3 Computer Club Members3 Band Members1 Cheerleader1 Football Player1 Soccer Player1 Theatre Member

3 Students that were not involved in any other afterschool activities

Everyone is a potential team member

DiversityHard workerDedicationGracious ProfessionalismSelf-MotivatedEasy to get along with

COACH’S NOTE

You need team members that will read and study the manual.

You need team members and coaches that are willing to work for at least two hours on most days during the competition season.

Everything you do depends on being safe!!!

You need to appoint a safety captain; it may seem odd now but in the end it will benefit you greatly

Always wear yoursafety glasses

COACH’S NOTE

Practice appropriate safety procedures everyday and start on day one.

All team members should read the safety section of the game manual.

The team should run much like a business; that is FIRST’s intention

It can be easier to stay organized when broken into smaller groups

Good groups consist of: Electronics, Programming, Mechanical, Design

What we did: Appointed a Team Captain Appointed a Communications

Director Appointed a leader within

each group

COACH’S NOTE

Decide where other responsibilities fall. Who will design your team t-shirts? Who will organize meetings? Who will work to secure funding? Who will build your shipping crate?

FRC teams can be expensive, especially if you will have a lot of travel costs.

For sustainability, you will probably need a combination of Grant Funds Sponsorship Funds School (or Organization) Funds

TOTAL EXPENSES$11,334.06

Kickoff Expenses: $795.98

Regional Competition Expenses: $8,992.42

Construction Expenses: $1,156.97

Other Team Expenses (T-Shirts, Food, etc.): $388.70

COACH’S NOTE

These numbers are based on 13 team members.

Average cost per team member = $871

What we are doing: Finding businesses in our community that

would have an interest in this type of program Offering multiple sponsorship options that

include different levels of support and different levels of benefits such as advertising and recognition

Writing professional business letters to specific business owners/managers in the community Following up with phone calls and then in-person

meetings Presenting to local civic groups

COACH’S NOTETake care of your current sponsors to increase renewed sponsorship and positive word-of-mouth throughout the business community.

COACH’S NOTE

The season is long.

The work days are long.

The competition days are long.

Pace yourself and stay hydrated!

Stress relief

Always have fun with the team!

COACH’S NOTE

Don’t forget to have fun!

Don’t miss opportunities for team building.

Make Friends

COACH’S NOTE

Work with other teams when you have an opportunity.

They may need your help today, but you may need their help tomorrow.

It’s good to have friends.

Last Year’sCompetition:

BREAKAWAY

Started at the Quick Build

Built according to directions at Quick Build, but later decided that we needed a different strategy: Had trouble with traction

▪ Split the slick wheels▪ Switched from 2-wheel drive to 4-wheel drive

Decided to go through tunnel▪ Made robot more narrow▪ Made the robot lower to the ground▪ Tried to become more defensive

Ball Control Used a vacuum system

▪ 12-volt vacuum for a car▪ To contact the ball, lowered front

▪ Tried a funnel system, but had problems

Problems: Wasn’t very powerful Used a lot of battery Had trouble programming the on/off control Could not reverse the motor to push the ball

out

Followed Instructions Completely

Finalized a Design before Building Been Specific Create a Detailed Drawing Planned and Tested Ball Control

Better Time Management Autonomous Mode

COACH’S NOTE

We should have planned for an easy way to turn the power off quickly during competition.

All motors had to be controlled remotely, regardless of what they control.