I'm not coaching this year - couldn't get my ducklings in a row. But same situation last year. We went. We pulled together during the last weeks and all the work and busyness united them and made them a team. We didn't win, but we had a great time that day! All the Best - Samantha Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Jeff Lavezzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > I'm looking for some advice about my team. > > Through a variety of circumstances, our team finds itself very behind schedule. We have yet to assemble a robot and only have one person on the team with experience programming the bot, (though the two coaches are both professional programers). > > I'm in the middle of finally signing up for tournaments and recognizing that the best case scenario is that we get one more month, worst only a few weeks. I can't seem to get the kids together for more than about 90 min a week. Everyone has something at some other time. Ideally, we'd add a couple 3 hour weekend meetings to get us back on some semblance of a track, but I think I could only get about 3 team members for that. > > Here's the question: Should we even sign up for the tournament? > > I have my own ideas about our options, but I'd like to hear advice from those with more experience than me (I have no experience with FLL, haven't even been to a tournament). Especially advice from someone who's been in this position before: inexperienced coach, inexperienced team, hardly any time left. > > Thanks > > Jeff > 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-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to subscribe. -- 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-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.