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Notes Today
Oct. 25th - Coaches Notes 8 : Notebooks and shirts were received from the following teams are listed at the bottom of the page
| | Notebook | T Shirt |
81 | Bentonville | No | No |
84 | Conway | Note 1 | Note 1 |
86 | Elmwood | No | No |
87 | Farmington | Yes | Yes |
90 | Haas Hall Academy | Yes | Yes |
92 | Lebanon | Yes | Yes |
93 | Lincoln | Yes | No |
95 | Mt Judea | No | No |
97 | Siloam Springs | Yes | No |
99 | Springdale | Yes | Yes |
Note 9: Conway, MO had a server crash over the weekend and were given
permission for late arrival of their notebook/shirt. If it is received by
Thursday morning latest, they will be judged.
Teams that did not turn in a notebook by the deadline must still turn in a
valid notebook with their machine check in or they will not be allowed to
compete (BEST Robotics Inc national rule).
Note 10. BEST display area
There will be a 10' x 10' floor area available to each team for a BEST
display, and it will be directly adjacent to their pit table. There will be
one 6' x 2.5' table available for display, or the team may bring in whatever
display method they want that will fit into the 10' x 10' display footprint
on the floor.
Note 11. Machine Check in:
Any team may check in between 6 PM and 8 PM at J.O. Kelly Middle School, but
the closer teams listed below must arrive on Friday or they will be
penalized one position at the end of the seeding competition. All other
teams (from a longer distance away) must check in between 7:30 AM and 8:30
AM on Saturday morning
81-Bentonville ------> Friday evening
84 Conway ------> Saturday morning
86 Elmwood ------> Friday evening
87 Farmington ------> Friday evening
90 Haas Hall Academy-> Friday evening
92 Lebanon ------> Saturday morning
93 Lincoln ------> Saturday morning
95 Mt Judea ------> Saturday morning
97 Siloam Springs----> Saturday morning
99 Springdale ------> Friday evening
Note 12. Game Day Schedule:
7:30 AM ....... Doors Open
7:30 - 8:30... Machine Check in
9:00 ....... Drivers and Coaches meetings
9:30 ....... Opening Ceremonies
10:00 - 11:00... Warm-up rounds (4 games for each team)
11:00 - 12:30... Lunch and machine tweak
12:30 - 2:30... Seeding rounds (8 games for each team)
2:30 ....... Wild Card round (1 game, if needed)
2:30 - 4:30... Semi-finals and finals
4:45 ....... Awards Ceremony
Notes Previous to Today
Coaches Training
Please click on the following link to view the powerpoint point file. Training Presentation
The Coaches Survival Manual is available from the following link.
Sept. 25th - Coaches Notes 1: NWA BEST Teams - school mailing address needed for Solidworks software.
Solidworks software package for all NWA BEST teams that can be used in your design work or documentation for the
BEST award, is now available. Each team gets one copy for your students to use free.
To get this software, send the mailing address of the administrative office of the
school with the "attn to- 'person's name' " to Prof. Ken Vickers and he will send the software right to that person. The package can also be picked up from the Committee Office @ Physics 248, U of A.
Sept. 28th - Coaches Notes 2 : "Where are we ??"
By the start of the second week the teams are hopefully in the
prototype stage using easily replaceable materials. Portion of the field is to be built by now to give your team members an opportunity
to develop physical intuition of what their robot has to accomplish.
Oct. 2nd - Coaches Notes 3 : Mall Day is around the corner
Kick off and Mall Day Schedule Presentation
Dont forget to check the Count Down to Mall Day on the right.
Oct. 3rd - Coaches Notes 4 : Team Opportunities
Advancing Team Numbers for Frontier Trails BEST ( allocations are now official for Frontier Trails BEST )
Billiken BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
Crowley’s Ridge BEST - 3 teams (2 per BEST Award category and 1 per Game Winner)
Heartland BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
Kansas BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
Northark BEST - 3 teams (2 per BEST Award category and 1 per Game Winner)
Northwest Arkansas BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
OK BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
River Valley BEST - 4 teams (2 per category of BEST Award and Game Winner)
" That gives us a total of 30 teams. We have streamlined the advancing team registration this year on the Frontier Trails BEST web site. The teams can select on-line their own time slots for team photos, display judging, presentation judging, and robot compliance check-in. They will also be given the opportunity to sign-up, at the registration desk when they arrive, for a 1 hour practice time on Friday between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm on either of the 2 game fields at the Stubblefield Center, where the competition will be held on Saturday. In addition, there will be a mixer on Thursday evening at the campus plus a dinner and guest speaker on Friday evening at the Convention Center. I think this year’s regional should be a step-up from last year. I hope to see many of you there. If you are interested in helping, on our Frontier Trails BEST web site at www.uafortsmith.edu/FTBEST we have two forms you may use to sign-up as a volunteer or a judge. I have just updated the information today on our web site, so it should be available this week after it goes through final approval by the webmaster. Good luck with your local competitions!"
--- John Martini, Assistant Professor, Electronics Technology, U of A, Fortsmith.
Oct. 15th - Coaches Notes 5 : From the NWA-BEST committee
1. Every team must submit a notebook for competition in order to field a
robot in the games.
2. The Demographics form, that is required as the first page of the
notebook, can be downloaded from the web page. Failure to have this in the
book when it is judged will cost the team points. Teams failing to have
this in their notebook will be required to supply the information at Game
Day in order to field a robot.
3. The team's web address should be on the cover or inside cover of their
notebook.
4. The notebook cover should give the name of the school, team name, and
team number.
5. A team Tee-shirt should be sent in early with the notebooks, if the
team wishes to compete in this activity.
6. Schools should have their table displays set up on Game Day by 9:00 A.M
unless they have traveled from very long distances.
There will be a judges' check-off sheet for officials to have as robots are
checked in. This should be given to the Judging Co-ordinator Nebil as soon as all schools are
signed in.
Please use the following Display Ideas document for guidance.
Oct. 20th - Coaches Notes 6 : Team Information required
The following teams please send the following document Team Information Document to Ms.Jennifer Gassert jcgassert@gmail.com
Bentonville High School
Mt. Judea High School
Conway, MO High School
Oct. 23rd - Coaches Notes 7 : Floor area for BEST display:
Each team will have a 10ft x 10 ft floor area for your BEST display. It will be directly adjacent to your pit table. We are working on what table will be avialblef or your display, but it will be atleast 6 ft long. More details tommorow.
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