Author: Craig Zeller

In athletics, you often hear a team’s performance as “they’re playing not to lose.” That attitude carries over to Academic Games competitions. Playing to win requires playing aggressively. Ultimately, the … Continue →

At the 2011 AGLOA National Tournament, one of the Elementary/Middle Propaganda examples caused controversy. A number of players and even coaches were upset that the Panel’s Answer was Appeal to … Continue →

In Part I, I explained how I divide the students into teams at the beginning of the year and hold tournaments every Friday. Any homework assignments (worksheets) the players complete … Continue →

I divide the students into teams. At the start of the year, the returning players vote for captains. Four or five captains are selected to head four teams. The rest … Continue →

If you poll the schools in any Academic Games league, you will find a wide variety of practice schedules. Some teams meet before school. Others meet after school. Still others … Continue →

Athletic coaches talk about stressing the fundamentals: blocking and tackling in football, dribbling and passing in basketball, etc. The same idea applies to Academic Games as well. At every Equations … Continue →

Athletic coaches talk about stressing the fundamentals: blocking and tackling in football, dribbling and passing in basketball, etc. The same idea applies to Academic Games as well. For instance, in … Continue →

What can the Academic Games moderator do with students who are over-involved? First, you must decide how strict you will be concerning attendance at Academic Games practices. If you are … Continue →

Many students want to dabble in many activities without committing themselves to serious involvement in hardly any of them. The parents may support this approach, wanting their child to have … Continue →