How to talk to partner

[Birdmusic]

So I’m a freshman in our school’s A team, and through Regionals and GGSO I feel like on of my partners hasn’t been doing what they say they’ve been doing and aren’t really practicing outside of meetings. They are both older than me and an officer, so I feel uncomfortable talking to them about this, how do I approach this problem? (Basically we agreed to split the event into two parts (theory and practical), I’d take one and they’d take the other, but at the last two competitions I’ve had to do the part they’re supposed to and it’s really starting to stress me out since our B team beat us at regionals for this event)

[Unome]

So I’m a freshman in our school’s A team, and through Regionals and GGSO I feel like on of my partners hasn’t been doing what they say they’ve been doing and aren’t really practicing outside of meetings. They are both older than me and an officer, so I feel uncomfortable talking to them about this, how do I approach this problem? (Basically we agreed to split the event into two parts (theory and practical), I’d take one and they’d take the other, but at the last two competitions I’ve had to do the part they’re supposed to and it’s really starting to stress me out since our B team beat us at regionals for this event)

The simplest way is to assume that your partner isn't going to do their job, and base your studying around that assumption. It's worked alright for me in the past, although of course it's ideal if your partner would do stuff.

[wec01]

So I’m a freshman in our school’s A team, and through Regionals and GGSO I feel like on of my partners hasn’t been doing what they say they’ve been doing and aren’t really practicing outside of meetings. They are both older than me and an officer, so I feel uncomfortable talking to them about this, how do I approach this problem? (Basically we agreed to split the event into two parts (theory and practical), I’d take one and they’d take the other, but at the last two competitions I’ve had to do the part they’re supposed to and it’s really starting to stress me out since our B team beat us at regionals for this event)

The simplest way is to assume that your partner isn't going to do their job, and base your studying around that assumption. It's worked alright for me in the past, although of course it's ideal if your partner would do stuff.

If you don't feel comfortable confronting your partner about it, I would just try to make the most of the time you have with them at meetings and make sure they know enough so that they can at least be productive at competitions. Still, I think that they may be accepting of some criticism and they probably understand themselves that they aren't adequately prepared, although this likely depends on their personality. If you can't seem to do anything about it, I agree with Unome; you may simply want to be well versed in both parts of the event and hopefully you can perform alright at States.

[Guonno]

Good communication is key. Avoiding it only leads to worse things. If your intent is good, you should raise your concerns with your partner and see what happens.

[Birdmusic]

Thanks guys, I’ve already started discussion with them, and am hoping to improve us both on this event! I will also be studying their part as well by myself just in case but for the most part I think we should be better by States.