Use Academic Competitions to Develop Agency in Your Students
Developing agency, the ability to become a self-starter and act independently, is a common theme in sports. A coach can teach a wide receiver how…
Academic Competitions Help Student’s Gain the Soft-Skills Needed for Success.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! This is what everyone in the education field hears over and over again. STEM is critical for students looking for…
How Competitions Help Students Understand and Manage Stress
This suck! It’s too hard! I can’t do it! These are just a few of the common lines we hear from our students as they…
The Science of Academic Competitions – what we learned in 2017
2017 has been a wild roller-coaster of a year on so many front's it's almost hard to imagine that it's about to come to an…
There is a right and wrong way to use positive thinking. Here’s how to do it right.
Promoting positive thinking is something every coach has done at least once. The purpose of doing so is simple. We think that if a player…
Challenge vs. Threat Mindset: how to empower yourself and your students to rise to the challenge.
As the timer ticks down on the competition clock, two students, Kevin and Adam, look up to the front of the room, each feeling his…
Get excited: how to handle performance anxiety in competitive situations
When you think of the word “anxiety” what comes to mind? Is it speaking in front of a room full of people? Is it sweaty…
Four Ways Embracing Educational Competitions Will Benefit Your Community
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else…
Modified Practice Routines Help You Win at Learning.
Anyone who has tried to learn a new language knows, remembering the details is not easy. In fact, remembering anything new is not a walk…