Community Resources
Team Organization
Student leadership structures, scouting systems, and travel logistics resources from established FRC teams.
- FIRST Team Management Resources
- The current official hub - mentor guide, org chart templates, business plan and budget worksheets, mental health resources, and build season timelines.
- Robonauts FRC#118 Team Handbook and Resources Release
- A top team’s full handbook covering core values, operations, and student and mentor expectations - a model to start from instead of a blank page.
- The Culture of Overwork in FRC
- Discussion on burnout, boundaries, and whether limited hours can still be competitive.
- Onboarding New Recruits - Allison Kneisler (3538)
- FRC#1241 - Business Playbook
- FRC#1241 - Suggested Team Structure
- 1114 Running an FRC Team Slides
- FIRST Fundraising Toolkit
- Putting the FIRST Fundraising Toolkit to use for your team
- Georgia FIRST: Team Sustainability Videos
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Spartan Series/ Team 971 Sustainability - Wyn Schuh and Finbarr Crispie
- The 971 Approach
- Goal Setting with Mike Corsetto from 1678 - RSN Spring Conferences Presented by WPI
Scouting
Section titled “Scouting”- The Blue Alliance
- The match data and API that most FRC scouting tools are built on.
- Statbotics
- EPA-based scouting stats and match predictions.
- The Purple Warehouse
- A large collaborative scouting app and analyzer used across many teams and events.
- FRC#1678 Citrus Circuits Scouting and Strategy Release
- Annual public release of a championship level scouting system - whitepapers plus every repo, from match and pit collection through the server, viewer, and stand strategist.
- Introduction to Scouting (with FRC#1678 Citrus Circuits)
- Covers the basics of building a scouting system from scratch.
- Nexus for FRC
- Live event queuing, pit maps, match schedules, and parts requests. Also has volunteer guides.
Awards
Section titled “Awards”- FIRST Impact Award Resources
- Official definitions, the documentation form, judging guidelines, and every winner’s essay, presentation, and video going back to 2016.
Mentorship
Section titled “Mentorship”- FRC Mentoring Guide
- Mentor Conferences
- FIRST Mentor Conference - Santa Clara, CA
- New England Mentor Conference Recordings
- The Woodie Flowers Conference
- Viva Los Mentors - UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
- Kell Robotics FRC#1311: Mentorship Initiative Videos
- Spectrum “How I Work” Blog Posts
Outreach
Section titled “Outreach”- FRC#1538 Best Practices for Community Outreach
- Spartan Series / Inventive Outreach and Your Team - Sarah Heimlich