Kickoff is the official "season start" for FLL. On September 3rd at 9am pacific, the robot game and project description documents and official rules are released online.

It is not critical that the team do "something" exactly on September 3rd but the team does need to read and understand the posted items in order to be successful.

One other online "doc" section that is important for the team to be aware of and pay attention to throughout the season is the Q&A section which is an ongoing "blog" page that gets updated over time by Scott Evans, the FLL game designer.  This is where he posts answers to questions and adds official clarifications.

Over the last few years, we have held a get together open to the teams and coaches on or near the kickoff date where Playing At Learning (the FLL Partner) goes over the game and project descriptions as well as clarify rules, answer questions and generally bring a great start to the new season.

2010 BODY FORWARD KICKOFF EVENT will be held between 6-8pm on Friday, September 3th in Mountain View in one of the Google buildings.  Names of attendees will be required - details on how to sign up.  Maximum ~250 people.

If you want to see a kickoff - previous years video is available on YouTube  - one is at:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8wLdSTmh8