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14.6   Practice Areas

FIRST Robotics Competition Practice Areas are intended to allow teams to interact with representative FIELD elements and to test their starting AUTO modes, they are not designed for multiple SCORING ELEMENT AUTO modes or full FIELD play. Although some Practice Fields may provide more space for additional strategy development, ample space for long full FIELD interaction should not be expected. FIRST provides a recommended layout, but events may need to tweak exact placement depending on the space available in the venue. Teams should not relocate elements from their original locations. The layout is specifically intended to discourage testing of complex AUTO routines.

Practice Fields are tether-only except for some District Championships and FIRST Championship which may choose to run a full Field Management System on a Practice Field. For events that have full FIELDS but are using tether, teams should expect that 2 teams are allowed on half the field at a time. Practice Field Attendants may allow additional teams provided teams are a safe distance from one another.

FIRST is providing a small set of production run AprilTags for the Practice Field. The tags provided for the 2025 Practice Field will include tags 1, 3, 5, and 6. Teams that wish to use other AprilTag IDs for the Practice Fields may print copies of other tags to bring with them to events but should not remove the provided tags. Printable copies of the field AprilTags can be found on the 2025 Playing FIELD webpage.

FIRST is also providing a minimum of one “crosshatch” pattern ALGAE which is representative of the ALGAE used on the competition FIELD. Teams may not damage or remove it from the Practice Areas, as the supply is limited. Additional crosshatch ALGAE may be available depending on supply. CORAL is not provided and if a team wishes to practice with CORAL, they must bring their own.

HUMAN PLAYERS are welcome to practice throwing ALGAE into the Practice Field NET as long as the area around the BARGE is clear of other ROBOTS and humans to avoid missed shots hitting people or interfering with ROBOT testing. Priority is given to ROBOT practice over HUMAN PLAYER practice. Teams choosing to practice throwing ALGAE must bring their own ALGAE; the provided ALGAE are for ROBOT use only.

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14.6   Practice Areas

FIRST Robotics Competition Practice Areas are intended to allow teams to interact with representative FIELD elements and to test their starting AUTO modes, they are not designed for multiple SCORING ELEMENT AUTO modes or full FIELD play. Although some Practice Fields may provide more space for additional strategy development, ample space for long full FIELD interaction should not be expected. FIRST provides a recommended layout, but events may need to tweak exact placement depending on the space available in the venue. Teams should not relocate elements from their original locations. The layout is specifically intended to discourage testing of complex AUTO routines.

Practice Fields are tether-only except for some District Championships and FIRST Championship which may choose to run a full Field Management System on a Practice Field. For events that have full FIELDS but are using tether, teams should expect that 2 teams are allowed on half the field at a time. Practice Field Attendants may allow additional teams provided teams are a safe distance from one another.

FIRST is providing a small set of production run AprilTags for the Practice Field. The tags provided for the 2025 Practice Field will include tags 1, 3, 5, and 6. Teams that wish to use other AprilTag IDs for the Practice Fields may print copies of other tags to bring with them to events but should not remove the provided tags. Printable copies of the field AprilTags can be found on the 2025 Playing FIELD webpage.

FIRST is also providing a minimum of one “crosshatch” pattern ALGAE which is representative of the ALGAE used on the competition FIELD. Teams may not damage or remove it from the Practice Areas, as the supply is limited. Additional crosshatch ALGAE may be available depending on supply. CORAL is not provided and if a team wishes to practice with CORAL, they must bring their own.

HUMAN PLAYERS are welcome to practice throwing ALGAE into the Practice Field NET as long as the area around the BARGE is clear of other ROBOTS and humans to avoid missed shots hitting people or interfering with ROBOT testing. Priority is given to ROBOT practice over HUMAN PLAYER practice. Teams choosing to practice throwing ALGAE must bring their own ALGAE; the provided ALGAE are for ROBOT use only.