My Do's From FLL

Hello all Ethan here,

I have been really lucky to be apart of two teams

where we got the chance to experience all aspects of flL,

I was in a similar seat too many of you

excited to get things going in a new FLL season,

it was really fun and a great learning experience.

Here are some key items I have learned

for you to consider in your journey in the upcoming weeks.

First of all,

as you learned today,

FLL is not pure robotics,

I soon realized this

as I started working with the team

that an FLL robotics are important

But not the center of the universe.

1st

I quickly learned about the innovation project as well as core values

so that working on all

aspects of the competition is very rewarding and fun.

Each of you on the team will have a great time working together

and you will realize that teams working on all aspects

of available as a team will ultimately be very successful

and have fun at the same time, getting to know each other

much better.

I definitely met new friends in both my grade and other grades,

We went through a great brainstorming exercise in one of our flL years,

remember when brainstorming, no idea is a bad idea,

you should create a pool of ideas after this.

Listen, pros and cons on each idea

group and select down

down slacked on a few potential solutions

and do a bit of research on each of them

finally come back together and then decide on the best possible product

in one of our years,

our team nearly went through with designing an outer space workout cycle,

luckily going through a brainstorming process.

We picked something else that was ultimately successful

and good thing too because we saw multiple other teams presenting our initial idea,

it is safe,

it is safe to fail,

don't worry about failing

and having your robot malfunction in the middle of Iran

as some have said

mistakes will make you greater and better

trust me.

Our robot failed many times

during this process, we learned to evolve and improve our design.

We also rebuilt our machines multiple times better and stronger each time.

In addition,

this also

is true about programming.

Initially

I utilized the copy and paste method,

not truly understanding the code,

we're trying to figure it out,

although it was a good start when it didn't work,

we just scratched their heads and got frustrated,

comprehending the logic and approach allows you to

better understand the goals when you program,

asking what you want

and working how it

to do it

and steps will help you approach the challenge.

The key is to pick out small steps to do

and master the code.

It becomes faster and better over time,

learn from your mentors. Mentors are amazing.

DDG has an excellent pool of former alfa laval

team members who are in prep and upper school

that have great advice.

So some of the mentors here today

have multiple years of experience

and some have been on award winning teams,

mentors allowed us to

improve our robot design

and also helped us enhance our programming skills.

They also have input on how to strategize our

product design and prepare our core value presentation.

Most importantly,

when you get close to competition day,

your mentors and coaches will provide you

an excellent overview of what it will be like.

They are always open to help

because they are all passionate of fll

Finally, my most important recommendation

have fun.

It might not seem totally fun at all. Times with school work and a follow up work.

Your bonds with your team will be very memorable.

Some of the best times of BBg have been with my FLL team

and I miss it sometimes.

Here are some examples

of the great times with the team's mentors and mr D.

No.

Yeah,

so good luck and have fun.

One last note.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions Ethan dot a c e loan

at gmail dot com,

Happy to talk and help

see you soon.

My Do's From FLL

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