Welcome, Coaches!

Thursday 11/14/24

Welcome! Look here for updates and key information relating to all things coaching an OBOB team.

The question we hear most in October and November is "what is most important right now?" The answer is: team formation, registration, and getting kiddos to read, read, read!

Now is the time to solidify the members of your team and get registered! If you haven’t registered your team yet, you can do that here. Registration must be complete by 11/26. The team coach is responsible for completing the form with one registration per team. Parents/guardians can also complete this same form to indicate if your student would like help finding a team.

Once registration is complete, we will send a confirmation email with a link to a student contract. Please share with the parents/guardians of your team members. Parents/guardians will need to work with their students to sign the contract by December 31st in order for the student to participate in battles.

Teams can have 2-5 members. Keep in mind that the fewer members you have on your team, the more books each team member has to read. 

• While a 2-person team is allowed, we don’t recommend it. In our experience, it’s too many books for each kiddo to read, and if one person is sick on the day of battles, the team would not be able to participate (because at least 2 people must participate in the battle).

• The maximum number of team members that can participate in a battle is 4. If you have a 5-person team, one person will need to sit out for each battle (this person can rotate for each battle). A 5th person is valuable in the event a team member is sick or unable to make a battle. Also, some kiddos want to participate in OBOB but might not want to participate in the actual battle, so we highly encourage 5-person teams!

What do you want to hear about next? We’d love to hear from you! hallinanobobteam@gmail.com