As the instructor of Team 11328, I am filled with emotion and pride to witness this new team from its establishment and debut to the preparation and finally stepping onto the field of the FRC Shanghai Regional Competition. Since the kickoff day, I have accompanied these 20 teenagers on a six-week preparation journey. Every late-night light in the laboratory, every review after a debugging failure, and every cheer after a breakthrough are deeply engraved in my mind.
To be honest, I had my worries at first – could a newly formed team of 20 students, most of whom had no exposure to professional robot construction and programming, complete the task and step onto the field in a short time? But the teenagers broke my worries time and again with their actions. Their unyielding and persistent spirit, their pure love for scientific and technological innovation, and their sincerity of unity and mutual assistance deeply touched me. Some took the initiative to consult materials and ask seniors for advice to solve a technical problem; some took the initiative to share tasks and accompany teammates silently when seeing them tired; some did not complain or become discouraged after a competition loss, but immediately analyzed the problem and found improvement methods with the team.
I have always believed that the significance of the FRC competition is never limited to winning or losing. For these teenagers, this experience of preparation and participation is a valuable growth experience – they not only learned professional skills such as mechanical construction, programming design and strategy formulation, but also learned persistence and responsibility, cooperation and tolerance, and understood how to face setbacks and move forward side by side. They gained knowledge through practice, friendship through cooperation, and broke through themselves through challenges. This growth will become the strongest strength on their future life journey.
Although we ultimately failed to reach the final, I am proud of every team member. You have written a youthful answer sheet belonging to Team 11328 with your all-out attitude; you have interpreted the meaning of love and persistence with practical actions. As a coach, I am honored to accompany you through this unforgettable journey. I also look forward to continuing to accompany your growth in the future, accompanying you to stand on higher competition stages and pursue more distant dreams. May every teenager move forward fearlessly on the road of scientific and technological innovation, live up to love and live up to themselves with the courage and strength endowed by this experience.
Youth is fiery because of love, and scientific and technological innovation shines because of persistence. The debut of Team 11328 is not an end, but a brand-new starting point. May every team member treasure the memory of this growth, and continue to rush to the next love and challenge with gains and courage. In the future, we will continue to move forward side by side, polish our skills, accumulate experience, live up to time and efforts, and we will surely shine more dazzlingly on the competition field next time!