Tips For Getting Better at Driving?

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@Avonderweidt

first off use tank its just better

Nope.

While I personally love tank drive, arcade can easily be just as intuitive, it’s all dependent on how the driver is, there is no one size fits all.

@Avonderweidt

I just believe its slightly suboptimal

Definitely not.

@Avonderweidt

second print a scuff controller if you can or buy one from someone who can and if you cant or don’t want to hold your controller up side down this is normally horrible when doing it for video games but for vex it is amazing because you can configure your joysticks to not be inverted relative to an up side down controller both have a learning curve but will be worth it because you can press many more boutons and move more motors/pneumatics while you are still driving

While having more buttons and therefore more functions is great, it also requires the ability to multitask, so it’s worth honing your reflexes and whatnot to be able to properly utilize all the extra buttons either scuffs or a different controller grip would provide.

(Hey, while you’re here, check this thread out)

@bash371

what my team does is map out a specific route and finds how reliable it is

One thing you’ll find very quickly is that 99 out of 100 times, your route in a tournament is going to go very wrong, very quickly. One of the best things a driver can be able to do is react and adapt to whatever is happening on the field. Maybe practice some skills while still grasping a feel for your robot, but reach out to other teams in order to do some scrimmages, hone those reactionary skills, not only will they help in VEX, you can take them with you wherever you go.