- lucascny2
- Oct 5, 2025
- 3 min read
News from NY Odyssey about coaches' training, membership registration, clarifications, our new Recording Secretary and announcing (drum roll please) our first Division 4 team for this season.
Virtual Coaches' Training
Save the date – statewide Virtual Coaches Training.
Whether you are a veteran or new coach, please come and join members of NYSOMA for Part 1 of virtual coaches' training and overview of the program on:
Tuesday October 28 at 6:30pm
To register: www.nyodyssey.org/coach-training-registration
Other Coach Resources on the website
Lots of useful information, for both new and experienced coaches, is available on the NY Odyssey website. Check out NY Odyssey’s Be a Coach, Coaching Basics, the Coach’s Toolbox, Odyssey Academy and the numerous Spontaneous resources.
Are You Ready?
The full versions of the long-term problems are now available, so it’s time to register for a National Membership.
Instructions can be found here:
Once you have a membership, to access the Member Area use the password and the email entered on registration, login via the blue log-in button (top right) on the Odyssey homepage.
This opens the Member Area page with access to:
Full versions of the long-term problems
Team specific clarification portal
Additional tournament forms and information
Have a question about a long-term problem?
Start by re-reading the problem, looking through the Program Guide and checking to see if an answer has already been posted in General Clarifications: https://odysseyofthemind.com/read-clarifications/
If the team still can’t find an answer, then they can submit a Team Specific Clarification via their coach’s Odyssey HQ account by logging in to https://portal.odysseyofthemind.com/login
and clicking “Clarifications.”
Alternatively use the link https://odysseyofthemind.com/
Select Teams > Clarifications > [Submit Clarifications]
Need further help? Check out the guide: https://odysseyofthemind.com/kb/how-to-submit-a-team-clarification/.
Once the clarification has been submitted the team will need to log in to the system again to find the response to the question, to see if there have been any status changes to their submissions, and later to export their clarifications into a document to take to tournaments. No email notifications will be set.
Make sure the question is precise. Don’t ask too many questions in one submission. Don’t understand the response then try re-wording you question and re-submitting.
Remember the deadline to submit a clarification is February 15, 2026.
However, general clarifications can be posted all the way up to World Finals.
Graduated high school and missing Odyssey?
New York is proud to announce that we will have a fantastic Division 4 team this year. Four of our alumni are joining together to form a team even though they are all in different colleges.
They are open to having other alumni join them. If anybody, who is currently in College, is interested in joining this team or forming a team of their own please contact Lynn Lucas (ad@nysoma.org) and she will connect you.
Fancy helping NY Odyssey?
NYSOMA is looking for volunteers to join their committees. Help is needed with:
Sponsorship/Fundraising
Running the State Tournament
Digital Media
Sales/Merchandising
So if you have interest, time and any expertise in these areas, we would be happy to hear from you. Contact Chris Lucas, Chair of the Nominating Committee (clucas@nysoma.org)
Introducing our newest NYSOMA official.
Rosanne Fischer has joined the Board as Recording Secretary, responsible for recording accurate minutes at each Board Meeting.
It's a difficult task and NYSOMA is delighted to have her experience and skill in this role,
