- 2024 Coaches Training – Coaching Tips
Kim Kai-Cheng Poon, long time NJ Odyssey of the Mind coach offers a number of tips and tricks for coaching an OM team!
- 2024 Coaches Training – Officials Requirements
Trish Hatton Jamison, Skylands and Coastal Plains Officials Coordinator, reviews the requirements for Judges and Volunteers for the NJ Odyssey of the Mind 2023-2024 tournament season!
- 2024 Coaches Training – Spontaneous!
Join Jess Scaramazza, Spontaneous Problem Captain, as she walks through the basics of Spontaneous and provides some tips for the tournament season!
- 2024 Coaches Training – Tournaments Information
Join our State Tournament Director & Asst. Association Director Sarah Pankiewicz as she walks through the details of the 2023-2024 NJ Odyssey of the Mind Tournament season!
- Beginning Coaches Info Packet
This packet will help new coaches learn how to run an Odyssey of the Mind team. Learn how to manage a practice and to guide a team towards setting goals and accomplishing tasks.
- Coaches Training – What is Odyssey?
Join Nick Pankiewicz, our Association Director, as he walks through the basics of the Odyssey of the Mind program in New Jersey!
- Coaches Training Playlist
Did you miss the Coaches Training or need a reminder? Check out the playlist of videos from our training sessions below.
- Coaching Technical Components
This document will help coaches understand how to assist teams in overcoming roadblocks and other challenges with the technical aspects of their problem.
- Creative Uses of Materials
Check out this presentation for some inspiration on types of materials to use for costumes and set production.
- Critical and Creative Thinking
A document that contains a collection of resources from outside sources that include number of techniques that help encourage students to be more creative in their thinking.
- General Information for Coaches
This packet provides the general information that coaches needs to know to navigate the Odyssey of the Mind program and to help coach their teams to success.
- Navigating the Members Area
Joy Stephenson, Skylands Regional Director and Beth Nelting, Coastal Plains Regional Director walk through the new Members Area on the Odyssey of the Mind HQ website.
- Outside Assistance Guidelines
This document describes what Outside Assistance is in detail, along with how to recognize it and avoid it. It was authored by Carole Mikulus and the International Problem Captains.
- Script Writing
This presentation will provide coaches with techniques to help their teams understand the different parts of a script and how to organize their ideas.
- Spontaneous Quick Challenges
A compilation of concise versions of previously published Odyssey of the Mind spontaneous problems assembled by Craig Hodgson, NY Odyssey of the Mind.
