One thing I have found over the years that is tough for a
coach is going into the TECHNICAL OR TEAMWORK rooms and not making a sound or
moving. I can’t help facial expressions but I usually want to say
something that the team has failed to tell the judges about. The funniest
thing I have seen is a coach who actually put duct tape over her mouth while
she and her team were in TECHNICAL. One of my proudest moments was when
the judge asks my team how much I work with the robot. My teams answer
was “he doesn’t touch the robot; he just sits at his desk, plays on
the computer and ask us a bunch of questions”. The judge looked at
me and winked knowing that my kids had done ALL the work. The thing you
don’t want to see is a coach carrying the robot back and forth from the
pits to the practice table running missions while his team just hangs around.
Rusty
West
Pre-engineering
Project
Lead The Way /
Gateway
To Technology
FIRST
Lego League
FIRST
Tech Challenge
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