Category: Coaches Tip

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 →

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 →

Last month, under the heading of being too competitive, players were warned not to “collude with one opponent to defeat the other opponent.” What does “collude with one opponent” mean? Agree with one … Continue →

Last month’s Coaching Tip discussed the idea of “Don’t apologize for being competitive.” This month, we talk about the concept of being too competitive. A student is overly competitive and … Continue →

Some students hesitate to compete hard in Academic Games or anything else. They don’t seem to want to offend the opponent by trying to win. Perhaps this attitude stems from … 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 →

Applicable to On-Sets as well When trailing, play even more aggressively. Stop the leader from employing KISS. (See last month’s tip.) Move cubes to Required to create a longer Solutions. … Continue →

Applicable to On-Sets as well The philosophy behind this month’s tip is that it doesn’t make any difference whether you win a cube game match by one point or 15. … Continue →

Applicable to On-Sets as well Set challenging Goals. Have several possible types of Goals in mind when it’s your shake. Then you can pick the one that best fits the … Continue →