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Resist the temptation to wait until the very last minute to do your team paperwork. Your paperwork is the team’s line of communication with the Judges.
Make sure your parent helpers know not to touch ANYTHING or point out that things are broken. Parents and coaches may not direct team members at any point once they are in staging.
A full Dress Rehearsal for families and friends might seem stressful but it has many benefits.
At this point, the tournament is quickly approaching and the team still needs to get major parts of their solution completed. Again, this is NORMAL. And with encouragement, the team CAN do it.
Happy New Year! Don’t be alarmed if it is January and your team still doesn’t have any costumes, any props, any other major parts of their solution completed This is NORMAL.
Now that we’re in the thick of the Odyssey Season, it’s time for a few timely reminders and some suggestions to help your team during Spontaneous practices as they prepare for Spontaneous competitions.
As you prepare for your long-term solutions, don’t forget to get a little spontaneous in at every practice.
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.
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.”
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.