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Before the Regional Tournament:

  • Keep in mind that your first tournament is part of the learning process.

  • You may not want to compete in every event, especially if you have a small team, but you are encouraged to participate in as many events as possible to learn for 'next year'.

  • The dates of the tournaments and sites are on the Kansas web page.

  • Publish competition date(s) early and get commitments from parents and students.

  • Once you have been assigned to a regional tournament you will receive information about that regional tournament directly from the regional director.

  • If your regional site has a coaches meeting (usually several weeks before the tournament), then make it a point to attend!

  • If there is no coaches meeting, you may want to try and visit the site in advance anyway -- since competition day may not be the time to find buildings and rooms.

  • Prepare a master schedule for your team - who is where and when, and put a map on the reverse side. Each student should have a copy and it would be good to brief him or her before arriving at the tournament.

  • Organize materials for each event in bags so the required materials (pencils, goggles, etc.) are ready to take on tournament day.

 

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Many of these tips were taken from the Alabama Science Olympiad Website.  Additional items came from the Wisconsin High School site.

This page last updated 03/17/2010