| Welcome to PowerPlay, Presented by Raytheon Technologies | PowerPlay, Presented by Raytheon Technologies, was revealed on Sept. 10th. A huge thank you to the hosts of the Kick-Off events!!
Items to remember:
- All students and coaches are responsible for knowing the content of Game Manuals Part 1 & 2.
- Teams are responsible for keeping up to date with the Game Q&A Forum as it is the Official Place for rule clarifications.
- Note! Head Referees will be hosting Virtual Driver/Coaches meetings again this season! Save the date/time: Thursdays at 4pm, Starting Oct. 27. No meeting on Thanksgiving (Thurs., Nov. 24, 2023).
- Field elements can be purchased from AndyMark. Teams are not required to have a full set of field elements, but teams may find having a half set of field elements to be helpful.
| | Also, remember:
- To be "competition or event ready", all teams need to have two adult coaches on the FIRST website with background checks on file. If a team is not "competition or event ready" the team will not show up in FTC-Scoring, which can be problematic once the meets begin.
- Students need to register with FIRST's Youth Registration System.
- And update the Software Development Kit SDK. v8.0 was released on Wed., Sept. 14.
- All students, mentors and volunteers will need to have a University of Iowa Consent & Release on file prior to competitions.
| | The FTC program in Iowa is successful because of the great volunteers. Events are made possible through the support of volunteers. Tournament events (January-March, 2023) are currently seeking volunteers. Volunteers of all backgrounds (tech or non-tech) are welcome!
Coaches, did you know that you learn a lot by volunteering? Serving as a judge, at an event where your team is not competing, can give you tips or tricks in which you can share with your team. Example: "The judge panels are looking for XX." Or "The winner of the XX Award won the award because of YYY." Please sign up to volunteer! | Volunteer Roles For a description about the various volunteer roles, check out Volunteer Descriptions. Manuals and training materials can be found on the Volunteer Resources page, which will have updated manuals by October, 2022.
All volunteers need to register through the FIRST system. Per the FIRST Youth Protection Policy, all volunteers will need to have a completed FIRST Background check. | | | | In collaboration with the Iowa FLL & FRC programs, we are selling Iowa FIRST merch! This is an opportunity to purchase Iowa FIRST polos, jackets, half zip pullovers and backpacks!
This is an on-line store in which only the products ordered will be produced. | | | We will not carry an inventory, so items cannot be purchased at a later date.
Important dates:
- Store closes on Sept. 20, 2022
- Items will be shipped on Oct. 4, 2022
| | Discord Recently, a FTC Iowa Discord server has been created for Coaches & Mentors to swap ideas with each other.
Join the Discord Server
As leagues are confirmed, we'll set up channels for the leagues as well. | Slack FTC Iowa also has Slack! This has also been created for Coaches & Mentors to swap ideas with each other.
Join FTC Iowa Slack.
As leagues are confirmed, we'll set up channels for the leagues as well. | | | |
