Category: Coaches Tip

Warm-up questions can be used not only at the beginning of each practice but also as players travel to competition. At the meeting right before leaving for the tournament, distribute … Continue →

Athletes warm up before every practice and game or match. They stretch their muscles to make their bodies limber. Academic Games players can benefit from warm-ups at the beginning of … Continue →

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 →

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 →

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 →