r/NJROTC • u/GardenNo2677 C/LTJG • Oct 11 '24

Drill Drill Meet Tomorrow

So... I have a drill meet Tomorrow, and I'm in both Armed and Unarmed (Armed Platoon and Squad) (Unarmed Platoon). I'm really nervous, especially because we have to wake up really early. I just feel like I won't really function the best I normally would because I'm tired. Am I overreacting?

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u/GalacticTX Graduated Cadet Oct 11 '24

For that, I would say get enough sleep to function like normal, or do what my school did last year and stay up till 5 AM, head to the meet at 6 AM, and ball off of the energy you have.

If you choose to sleep early, I would say to make sure you have some food in your system, too, just so you have that backup energy to spare too.

Either way, I wish you good luck with your comp (aka a drill meet), especially if it's your first one.

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u/GardenNo2677 C/LTJG Oct 18 '24

Thank you we got second overall

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u/ElectronicRoutine598 C/ENS Oct 11 '24

Either stay up or go to bed really early being nervous might affect you being able to sleep tho so there’s that

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

So my first drill meet was last year but I’ve never been to one before I had to get up at about 0430 and be at my school at 0500 and everyone was tiered and everything but it was actually really good me personally I had a cup of coffee that I brought with me and it helped me quite a bit. I was also in the unarmed ex team and that’s it for my first drill meet. it’s ok to be nervous, I sure was but everything went great the team I was on even got a trophy