Upcoming Event: Coach & Mentor Professional Development

All coaches (new and returning) are invited to join us for a Coach & Mentor Professional Development.

• Dates: Aug 1-3, 2022
• Location: Seamans Center, 103 S. Capitol St., Iowa City, Iowa 

Goals of the PD:

• Prepare coaches and mentors for an upcoming FTC Season.
• Connect coaches and mentors with each other, future connections for future questions or issues.
• Educate attendees about recent or new changes within FTC.
• Expand the knowledge base of attendees. Help attendees think outside of the box of what they normally would have considered.
• Have participants go through a mini-season within a team: a build season; a "tournament" with a judging interview, matches and an alliance selection.
• Share the expectations FTC-Iowa has for coaches and mentors.
• To be as interactive as possible. Lots of small group activities. Less presentations.

We do ask for attendees to pre-register to attend The Professional Development. Interested being a guest speaker, guide a round table discussion or doing a lightning talk? We're seeking presenters! Sign up to present!

Changes to FIRST Pricing

As of March 21, FIRST announced some increases of prices which affect FTC teams. 

• FIRST Registration will increase to $295
• FTC Control & Communication Set (reusable): $265
• REV Control Hub (reusable): $282
• TETRIX Competition set (reusable): $580
• REV Competition set (reusable): $555

For more information about the FIRST increasing of prices, please visit this website.

At this time, FTC Iowa will not increase the registration fees for the 2022-2023 season.

Upcoming event: Growing within FIRST

Are there students (or parents) on your team who are ready to "grow" to the next level of competition? Join us for a Zoom Webinar on April 28 at 4pm to discuss the next level of competition. Zoom Link

Upcoming event: CelebrAsian Robotics Competition

In partnership with Team #19415 - C3 Robotics, Team #18397 - Aztechs, and celebrAsian - annual Asian Heritage Festival, teams are invited to participate in The CelebrAsian Robotics competition and Outreach. 

This is an in-person FREIGHT FRENZY Off-Season Event

• Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022
• Event Schedule 11am - 7pm, with the competition matches occurring at 1:30pm-4:30pm
• Capacity: 8 teams
• Location: Western Gateway Park, Des Moines Iowa
• Participation fee: $50 deposit which will be returned after the event.
• Registration link: Here
• Event Schedule and Awards
• For questions, contact C3 Robotics at c3_ftc@techjourney.org

Upcoming event: Fiesta Scrimmage

Teams are invited to join Team #18369 Tacobotics for an off-season scrimmage.

• Who: All teams are invited, the more teams, the better
• When: June 25th, with doors opening at 1:00pm
• Where: Marion County Extension Office, 210 N Iowa St, Knoxville, IA 50138
• Details: The will be on an oversized field using three team alliances, and using modified rules!  The event will include qualification matches, and potentially sign up we will have alliance selection and elimination matches.
• For questions, contact Tacobotics at tacobotics@gmail.com