Author: Mike Steigerwald

In addition to obtaining scouting reports on opposing players, the coach can also address each player’s strengths/weaknesses from talking to players about the latest round. Listening to a player explain … Continue →

Debriefing players after tournament rounds helps the coach to compile useful lists. For reading games, the coach can learn what Propaganda techniques or Presidents or World Events categories his or … Continue →

When a round ends, many players talk to teammates about what how they did in the round, win or lose. A coach should tap into those conversations. If the coach … Continue →

From “Follow Me,” by Michael Sokolove in Play, February 2006 about Duke basketball coach Mike Kryzyzewski: After he gives his instructions during a timeout […] his players break away from … Continue →

A good way for players to remember facts about the presidents is for each player to make his/her own notes. The coach can design a form that players can complete … Continue →

In general, players do not utilize the Presidents Gazeteer as advantageously as they might. Many clues are written in such a way that players can use the gazeteer to eliminate … Continue →

Ever had a student who attended all the practices leading up to an Academic Games tournament, then, a few days before the tournament, says he or she can’t make the … Continue →

Propaganda players should listen to both readings of each example. An approach that may help many players is to do this for each example. Listen to the first reading attentively. … Continue →