If you haven't yet had your team runs some simulated tournament runs yet you might want to consider doing so. We have two designated drivers and two assistants and each got in 3 or more simulated runs today. We were not even close to being ready and we ran missions that we knew we were not going to get points on. Afterwards, the team declared this the best learning experience of the season. They immediately started working on solving some obvious missions to add points that were not so obvious before and they delayed work on one mission that may not be productive. The rest of the team made as much noise as possible during the runs so that the driver and assistant could get a better feel of tournament day. They started to figure out the strategy for touching an active robot and so much more. The hour this took was so important for our last two weeks till tournament. Eric Palmer [log in to unmask] FLL 2009 Team 956 Coach FLL 2009 Team 882 Mentor THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS == Team 956 Sponsors === Signature Consulting Signature Consultants is an IT staffing firm that provides IT professionals to clients on a contract, contract to hire and direct hire basis. http://www.sigconsult.com ----- NDSE Network Data Security Experts One Company. Many Solutions. http://www.ndse.net ----- Virginia Asset Management The Power of Independence http://www.vamllc.com ----- AERC Recycling Secure Data Destruction & Surplus http://www.aercrecycling.com/ == Team 882 Sponsor === CapTech Ventures Managing, Designing, & Implementing IT Systems http://www.captechventures.com/ =============================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ADMIN-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html to subscribe.