Upcoming Events
Sept 7: FTC - INTO THE DEEP Kickoff
Sept 14: FLL - SUBMERGED Lowcountry Kickoff
Sept 21: FLL - SUBMERGED Upstate Kickoff
Upcoming Events Sept 7: FTC - INTO THE DEEP Kickoff Sept 14: FLL - SUBMERGED Lowcountry Kickoff Sept 21: FLL - SUBMERGED Upstate Kickoff
Join the ONE-STOP FIRST TECH CHALLENGE Community Page with link to the current season’s documents, events, official Q&A, blog, and Machine Learning tool!
Coach Resources
Coach’s Goal Tracker (NEW): Designed to guide your team through the FIRST Tech Challenge Season using a 6-week adjustable plan to keep your team on track for competitions.
Interactive platform allowing teams and interested mentors to easily find each other for virtual (or eventual face-to-face) mentorship.
Team Email Blasts - anyone can sign up to receive these updates from FIRST Headquarters.
Team Sustainability Toolkit - guide for identifying areas to build up team to remain sustainable.
South Carolina FIRST Tech Challenge videos
Interested in sharing your own video to help teams?
Contact our FIRST South Carolina Public Relations Manager, Brynnan Cortez
Classroom/Meeting Space Posters
The Orange Alliance
The Orange Alliance is the official match, event, and team data provider for FIRST Tech Challenge.
It includes event info including match scores, rankings, and awards. Some events offer live streaming options through links on the Orange Alliance event’s page.
This information can also be found at FIRST Inspires under FTC Events
Community Resources
South Carolina FIRST Discord Channel
This is a great place to connect with other FIRST teams from across the state to ask questions or bounce ideas off of.
FTC: Share and Learn group on Facebook. This is friendly place to ask questions and get ideas primarily from other coaches/mentors.
Technical Resources
Explore build guides, design resources, wiring resources, and more to help your team throughout the season.
Check out this link for resources related specifically to programming.
FTC SIM - Programming Simulator
Anyone in the world can sign up for a free account at pixelpad.io/ftcsim. There is nothing to download. Check out the video tutorials on YouTube.
VRS - Virtual Robot Simulator
Similar to FTC SIM with autonomous and tele-op modes for testing your programming without hardware.
Team Building Resources
Check out these resources for managing your team, including mentor resources and guides for your Engineering Notebook.
Check out these fundraising resources for help with creating budgets, applying for grants, and acquiring business sponsorship.
Team Outreach & Marketing Resources
Check out these resources for organizing your team’s outreach and marketing efforts.
STUDENT RESOURCES
Scroll down to College Admissions Resources on the linked page.
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