Category: Tips
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Story Cubes & Spontaneous
As you prepare for your long-term solutions, don’t forget to get a little spontaneous in at every practice.
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Tuesday Tip: Practice Spontaneous
Because the Spontaneous problem is unknown until the day of the tournament, parents and coaches can share what they would do in practice problems without any penalty.
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Tuesday Tip: Assiging Homework
As we begin Winter Break, there’s still a lot on the team’s To Do list. You, as the coach, can assign homework or say something like, “We need some committed team members who can work on one or two of these items on the list before our next meeting.”
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Tuesday Tip: Something Fun!
In previous tips, you’ve seen the reminder to end with something FUN. And by this point the team might be needing something more than a round of compliments. So here are some ideas of things to try.
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Don’t Forget Your STYLE!
Teams are encouraged to develop a theme and incorporate creative elements into their solutions in technical, vehicle, structure AND performance long-term problems.
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Nurture Positive Team Dynamics From the Start
Because students must work in teams, they’ll need to learn how to work cooperatively for the good of the whole group.
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Coaches, You’ve Got This!
Every team will work in its own way and at its own pace. And always remember, kids will surprise you!
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Team Tip: Build Sessions
Look at the list of things that need to be completed in order to solve the problem (if you created a list). Which of those things does the team think they can finish in a longer 3-4 hour session?
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Team Tip: Performance
It would be considered Outside Assistance for the coach to direct the team’s performance. But the coach (or a parent volunteer) can give short stagecraft SKILLS lessons.
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Team Tip: Style
What is Style? Style is the team’s WOW factor! It’s what makes the team’s performance memorable to the judges and audience members.