Please remove me from the email list --- On Fri, 11/21/08, David Levy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: David Levy <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Mentoring rookie coaches To: [log in to unmask] Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 11:02 AM I ran a few camps in the past two summers and it was truly a delight to see that several of my former students had found their way onto teams this season. I have to say though that the level of training offered in a week long camp is not a prerequisite for participation in the FLL. From what I have seen, the problems that rookie coaches face are due to difficulty in knowing where to start. I can't tell you how many parents that I've advised, had purchased a retail kit for their child but never bothered to install the software. Likewise there are many teachers who have installed the Edu Kit's. software for their school based club or in the classroom but never knew about the included tutorials. IMHO, all it takes is a few hours of an experienced coaches time to get the new coaches acclimated . The new coaches in turn have to ask more questions here on the VADCFLL-L email list. One thing that I did notice this season was a drop off of veteran teams. I'm thinking that this may be due to the difficulty in this year's robot game and the unwillingness for teams to register for tournaments - thinking that their scores were too low. How about those teams that stuck it out and registered for the regionals? Were you surprised that most teams scored lower than prior years? David Levy VA/DC FLL Education and Outreach Director 3rd Year Coach ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list".