Practice Day Event – Saturday 24 October at Columbia Middle School Aurora

Pre-Practice Day Preparations

1. All pit rules are in the Pit Protocol
2. Practice Day Map – Columbia Middle School – entrance door off of Columbia Ave and parking on Dartmouth Ave
3. Create a Draft Drivers List to finalize at team registration including identifying the number of team members at Practice.  See RULE 1.4.3 Drivers and Spotters for minimum number of drivers required.
4. If participating in the optional BEST Award or Customer Marketing Presentation Award -final practice of the Customer Marketing Presentation

In Person Event Health and Safety Protocol

We Care About Your Well-Being

• SICK POLICY – SPREAD KINDNESS NOT GERMS
  • If you are unwell, please stay home. If you or a member of your family is experiencing symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 or other infection or have had known exposure to someone, please stay home.
• UNABLE TO ATTEND
  • We encourage you to watch our planned online event streaming – Rocky Mountain BEST YouTube Channel and Practice Day Live Streaming Link (Starting at 9 AM) and Game Day Live Streaming Link – coming soon
  • Share the live streaming link with team members or family members that are unable to attend in person
  • A recording will be available in the Rocky Mountain BEST YouTube Channel after the event.

Referee/Pit Boss Briefing Information Preview

1. Pit Boss Tips (Practice Day)
2. RM BEST Referee Guide (DRAFT for Practice Day) to be provided

Practice Day Tips – Gym and Pit Floor Plan Map

1. Each team will share a table with another team in the pit area for their robots and kit work.
2. Bring your robot (EVEN IF your robot is NOT Working – bringing parts and pieces are OK). We will have a few technical support volunteers available if you need some extra help.
3. Bring Robot Charged Batteries and your Micro Cable to charge your controller/joystick
4. Bring Both Blue and Red Kits so you have the parts and pieces for working on your robot
5. Bring Tool Box-ONLY drill powered tools are allowed inside the school.
6. Bring Laptop with your software loaded for programming and/or modifications
7. Once your robot is ready to practice on the Game Field, take your robot to the Compliance Check Table in the pit. Bring your registration table created drivers list paper copy to compliance who will have you give it to the In-The-Hole volunteers.
8. Once your robot is through compliance check, talk to the head referee about using time on the game field and longer if no team is waiting during open practice. Let the head referee know when you are ready for 3-minute match practice – with the staging process.
9. If you are participating in the Customer Marketing Presentation Judging: Be sure to check-in 15 minutes before your presentation time at the upstairs rooms with instructions provided in the lobby. Bring your laptop with the presentation downloaded on the DESKTOP or have your presentation downloaded on a USB Flash Drive. DON’T rely on internet access.

Practice Day Schedule

8:30 AM         Teacher/Mentor Registration Begins (Main Lobby)

• Robot Compliance Check (Pit)\
• Technical Support Clinic Open (Pit)
• Teams set up their tools at their assigned table in the Pit area

8:30-11:30AM           Marketing Presentation Judging – (Upstairs near A205)

9:00 AM         Short Welcome & Discussion of Schedule (Gym)

• Livestreaming Begins
• Introduce Floor Boss, Pit Boss, Team Advocate, Staging
• Only those wearing wrist bands (5 students & 1 mentor) in the Pit

9:15 AM         Team Briefing by Floor Boss – Gym

• 1 teacher & 1 student per team in Hallway near the bathrooms

9:30 AM         Open Practice Begins Using Open Practice Tally Sheet – Head Ref

• Teams Come to On-Deck Table to Practice (Gym)

11:00 AM       Scheduled 3-minute Match Practice (Gym)

• 4 teams on the field
• Staging (on-deck & in-the-hole)
• Referees and scoring like Game Day
• Team Advocate in the Pit for questions

11:45AM        Teams lunch break (teams in common area)

12:15 PM       Open Practice Resumes Using Open Practice Tally Sheet – Head Ref

• Teams Come to On-Deck Table to Practice (Gym)

1:45 PM         Scheduled 3-minute Match Practice (Gym)

• 4 teams on the field
• Staging (on-deck & in-the-hole)
• Referees and scoring like Game Day
• Team Advocate in the Pit for questions

2:15 PM         Event Ends