Fall

• Make sure that your school has purchased a national membership.

• Register you teams division and problem they have selected.

• Download and read the Program Guide from the Odyssey of the Mind website and start learning as much as you can about coaching a team.

• Register and attend Coaches Training in your region. This is time well spent and will make you a better coach by keeping you up to date on the Odyssey program and connecting you with others in the program.

• Find a location for practices if your school/group does not designate.

• Start meetings

• Find someone to serve as a judge representing your team. This person will need to attend a full day of Judges’ Training, and a full day the day of competition. If a parent would like to judge, he/she needs to know that they will NOT see their child’s performance on competition day.

• Find someone to serve as a volunteer representing your team. This person will be assigned a short shift (about 2-3 hours) at the regional tournament.

• Attend any spontaneous events in your region if available. These are invaluable to you and your team, not to mention FUN.

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November/December

• Continue meetings

• Practice spontaneous

• Attend any spontaneous events in your region if available. These are invaluable to you and your team, not to mention FUN.

• Gather information you’ll need to register your team before the January 6th due date:

  • Region. (If unsure use the region finder on the state website)

  • Team membership number, name, address, (including zip code) telephone, and e-mail.

  • Team members’ names and grades in school.

  • Coach(es) name, address, telephone, and e-mail address.

• Have your Judge(s) register.

• Have your Volunteer(s) register.

  • This will get them signed up to receive the important information they will need for training and more. Your team’s Judge and Volunteer will need the following information to register.

    • Your complete name, address, phone number, email,

    • Team membership name and membership number

    • Which problem your team is participating in

    • Team’s division

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December/ January…prior to the January 6th due date

• Continue meetings

• Practice spontaneous

• Plan a team activity that is fun and outside of the long term problem thinking. Team building.

• Consider doing a showcase performance 

• Video a performance and get your team to act as judges, critiquing and looking for areas of improvement.

• Complete the team registration (team roster, problem and division) for the regional tournament. Send or confirm that your registration fee for the regional tournament is paid.

• Confirm that your judge is registered for regional tournament

• Confirm that your volunteer is registered for regional tournament

 

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February/March

• Continue meetings

• Practice spontaneous

• Help team fill out paperwork needed for regional competition

  • Problem specific team list form

  • Outside Assistance form

  • Style Form

  • Cost Form

  • Media Release

• Attend Regional Tournament and have FUN! You and the kids are amazing!

• If your team is lucky enough to advance - register for the State Finals

• If you didn't, consider judging yourself!

• Encourage your judge and volunteer to attend the State Tournament