Coaches Corner

Coaches Corner

ALL COACHES are REQUIRED to attend one of the Coaches Training sessions to be eligible to coach a team. This includes all coaches, new or  veteran coaches.

Our Problem Captains will spend time with you and discuss problem-specific information.

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Coaches Code of Conduct

All coaches wishing to register a team at a Oklahoma Odyssey of the Mind regional or state tournament are required to sign this code of conduct form. This form requires coaches to agree to abide by the “Code of Conduct for Oklahoma Odyssey of the Mind (OKOotM) Coaches”. Please print this form, sign and bring with you to Coaches Training.  

Code-of-Conduct-for-Oklahoma-Odyssey-of-the-Mind-Coaches

What is Outside Assistance??? 

Outside Assistance (OA): when someone other than a team member suggests an idea or works on the teams solution in any way. Students learn along the journey of Odyssey of the Mind……. if someone else takes the trip for them, the students don’t learn anything. They will always rely on an adult to come in to make things easier and will wait until an adult leaps in to solve the problem for them or hold something to make things work.

In Odyssey of the Mind, students compete with other students their age to keep things fair. If an adult or older student solves the problem, the competition is unfair. OA deprives student of the program’s benefits!

Program Guide 

The program guide provides “rules” that apply to ALL problems. Every team and coach needs to read this.

Program-Guide  (pdf version)

online version

Each year there are small changes made to the Program Guide from the prior year.

Forms

Each team will need the following forms at EACH competition. DO NOT modify any required forms, these must be presented to the judges in their original size and structure.

Required Team List

Outside Assistance form

Cost Form Excel PDF