New Coach Best Training Options

[Joe_Park]

Hi all!

I am joining an established robotics competition program as a coach, and I’m looking for the best prep training I can do before the season starts. I have an excellent mentor coach, but I want to show up prepared and ready to rock!

I am already doing the Vex V5 Certified Educator Course, but what other resources would you recommend for a new coach to help make our students successful? Thanks!

[Lauren_Harter]

Hello @Joe_Park and welcome! So excited you’re here!

If you’re new to V5, there are two things that I would recommend:

1. The V5 Educator Certification Course (here is a link to the summary).
2. The Over Under STEM Lab Unit, which is focused entirely on getting started with this year’s VRC game.

Let me know if this information is helpful or if you have any further questions! I’ll also tag @Omar_Cortez here so he can share his coaching experience

[Nicole_Champagne]

Hi @Joe_Park Welcome to the VEX PLC! Great question and suggestions by @Lauren_Harter. I also suggest the use of VRC Virtual Skills. Here are a few great posts from @Ling_Zhang shared to the Community to get you started:

GPS Navigation, Get Over The Barrier -- VRC Over Under Virtual Skills

We have figured out how to score a Triball and win points in the VRC Over Under Virtual Skills. Since the Triballs and the Goals are distributed at various locations on the Playground, to score as many points as possible, we need to drive the robot throughout the Field, swiftly picking up and launching the Triballs to the Goal. [VRC video1] There is no doubt that the barriers set on the Field add an extra layer of difficulty to our mission. But no worries! Utilizing the GPS sensor, the Inertia…

Scoring- Enhance Speed And Accuracy ~VRC Over Under Virtual Skills

Do you enjoy racing against a clock? Do you love cracking robotic transport challenges? Then you must be excited about the new VRC Virtual Skills game – Over Under. [imageo1] The main goal of Over Under is to score Triballs to a Goal or the Offensive Zone to win as many points as possible in one minute. To earn points, we need to control Striker, the Hero Bot, to pick up a Triball from a point on the Field precisely and place it in the desired location. To excel at the game, we can leverage …

Strategize, Think Outside The Box -- VRC Over Under Virtual Skills

In Over Under Virtual Skills, we strive to transport Triballs and score as many points as possible in one minute. This mission can be broken down into many smaller tasks, each involving driving the robot to collect a Triball and score it in the Goal or an Offensive Zone. The less time it takes to complete each cycle, the more Triballs we are able to score, and the higher overall score we can achieve! [cycle example] We noticed that there are just two scoring methods in Virtual Skills: launchin…

[David_Wettrich]

I have a PD + for VRC Coaches, does that give me access to the V5 Training Course?

[Lauren_Harter]

Hi @David_Wettrich! Great question, unfortunately no. Coaches have access to certain material (in your case the VRC/VIQRC material or sections) in PD+ except Insights and 1-1 sessions Access to the educators conference is not included with Coach PD+ licenses.

You have access to the VEX V5 Educator Certification Course, but not the Introduction to VEX V5 Course.

To learn more about what a Coach license has access to in PD+, you can take a tour from the Dashboard.

[Lauren_Harter]

Hello everyone! I also wanted to post here this article that covers the different PD+ offerings in case there was any confusion about what each type of PD+ license offers!