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Rookie Team

A team in its first year of FRC competition; rookies have access to special grants and awards.

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Rookie status is a real, time-limited asset. Your first year carries the Rookie All-Star and Highest Rookie Seed awards, rookie grants, and veteran teams who will genuinely stop what they are doing to help you in the pit. It also means nobody expects you to win — so spend the year on a drivetrain that survives every match and a team that comes back next season.

Lessons that use Rookie Team

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Getting Started with FRC
Getting Started: Your First Steps

For a New Team: Registration and the Kit of Parts

The administrative roadmap to launch a rookie FRC team, including registration, mentors, fees, and what's in the kit.Business, Operations & Fundraising
Understanding the Cost of an FRC Team

Registration & Event Fees in Detail

How season registration, additional events, and the FIRST Dashboard timeline actually work.

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Awards

Rookie All-Star Award

The top award for a first-year team, recognizing a strong start that embodies FIRST's values.

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Mechanical

Kit of Parts

The components FIRST provides to every team each season as a starting point for the robot.

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Mechanical

KitBot

The FIRST-provided everybot/starter robot design teams can build as a reliable, competition-ready baseline.

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General

Coopertition

A FIRST value blending cooperation and competition — helping others even while competing against them; some games reward it directly.

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