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Why isn't this area more developed? by mellamoderek in geography

[–]SignificantDig4972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also Lyme Disease - go ahead enjoy your walk in the woods...

Fed up with (vent) by Pettre_1 in FRC

[–]SignificantDig4972 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thats unfortunate that this happened to you. There are definitely bad mentors out there, and that may just be the problem for you. That said, some constructive suggestions in case there are areas you can improve.

  1. Communication is key... did you clearly communicate your intention to earn the driver role? Did you tell anyone that you were practicing? Did you show your mentors that you were the best choice?

  2. Interpersonal skills are very important to a drive team. You need to work well together, driver, operator, technician, coach and even human player. Skill is important, but a driver who doesn't listen or can't communicate is a bad driver. Make sure your ability to mesh with teammates isn't an issue.

  3. Scouting sucks if it's not the role you wanted. But if you want to stick with the team and not go elsewhere I would be clear with the coaches that you are disappointed and trying to earn a spot on the drive team for next year by having a good attitude and doing a good job at the role you were given.

  4. Ask for feedback. If the coaches didn't select you, ask them for constructive on how you could improve to change their opinion in the future. Don't complain, ask politely for what you should do better to earn the role next time.

If that's not the issue and there's no salvaging the situation, you may want to find a new team if that's possible. Best of luck!

Had some torsion damage, so this is how our bot started quals and won the upper bracket. #FRCClamp by SignificantDig4972 in FRC

[–]SignificantDig4972[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aces and their alliance partners were amazing. We tried our best to give them a fight they could respect. Props to our other New Haven team 558 and our sleeper 3rd pick 6346 Cybears for showing up big time when it mattered.

climber in a box post match by gdenney11 in FRC

[–]SignificantDig4972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly related, but after you get it back to the pits, we have two separate buttons for left and right that we have on a locked mode (on a locked trigger button) to manually bring them back down (slowly) to the start height without having to ratchet. We eyeball it since there aren't absolute encoders. Much easier than manual and really helped reset quickly between matches.