I think all this discussion is great, we are identifying
areas of concern, listing opinions, and offering solutions. I think we
all should try to remember all this next year when a new crop of rookie coaches
join us and are looking on the listserv for any advice they can find about the
new world of FLL. If we bring up this discussion about parent/coach
involvement and where teams should spend their emphasis and practice time, we
can help make this better and better. In talking to some of the rookie
coaches it seems they are coming up from the elementary school where many were
in Odessy of the Mind ( OM ) competitions and they are using the skills they
learned there. It falls on those of us who have experience to offer
suggestions to them ( listserv ) to let them know the differences. My
feeling is that we are on the right track.
Rusty
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