2025 Kickoff POVs
Kickoff is always an incredible experience for both new and returning members! Personally, my favorite part has always been learning about the new game challenge for the year. Sometimes the challenges are so complex that it takes extra time to grasp the point values, legal moves, and overall rules. However, over my four years, I’ve learned to break down each challenge step by step and never hesitate to ask questions. For this year’s Reefscape challenge, I’m excited to see all the teams in competition—not just to observe how their bots approach the challenge, but also to witness how FRC teams uphold our collective promise to protect the health of our oceans!
Keira ‘25
Kickoff was an incredible start to the 2025 Jankster season! The game reveal introduced many new possibilities and opportunities for us to explore. I really enjoyed the Mock Game, where Janksters acted as robots on a field. This greatly deepened my understanding of gameplay and how robots interact in Reefscape. The Coral game piece presents a unique challenge, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it interacts on the field. As we head into the season, I'm excited to see our robot come together and perform on the field!
Teagan ‘26
My favorite part of Kickoff was experiencing the mock game organized by the mentors. It allowed me to visualize the game in-person to gain a better understanding of how it works. However, as we progressed through the Kickoff days, one challenge I faced was the initial brainstorming/research stage for the best approach on programming my assigned mechanism (coral intake/pivot). During this build season, I look forward to the upcoming competitions, while making many memories with everyone on the team.
Shriyanka ‘27
I really enjoyed my first kickoff as part of this FRC team. I particularly liked reading the manual to understand the rules and discussing possible strategies with my fellow teammates. After that we went into separate committees and I started to work on designs for the T-shirt. I originally had some trouble getting the design on Adobe Illustrator to match my vision, but I was able to get feedback to edit it. I look forward to working more with my committee members as the build season progresses.
Kavya ‘28