Academic Bowl Resources Center

Timeline for 2023-2024 Academic Bowl

• Registration: September 20th at 6 pm EST to September 22nd at 6 pm EST
• Regionals Screening Test: October 17th – 26th
• Announce Regional Teams and Pools: October 27th
• Team Information (registration information, team fee, etc) Due: December 8th
• West Regional @ New Mexico School for the Deaf: February 8th – 11th
• South Regional @ Atlanta Area School for the Deaf: February 23rd – 26th
• Midwest Regional @ Arkansas School for the Deaf: February 29th – March 3rd
• East Regional @ Ohio School for the Deaf: March 21st – 24th
• Nationals Ranking Test: March 27th – 29th
• Announce Nationals Teams and Pools: April 10th
• 28th National Competition @ Gallaudet University: April 18th – 22nd

Resources for Coaches

• Academic Bowl Scoresheet (12-12-10) 
• Academic Bowl Study Guide
• Coaching Academic Bowl Cheat Sheet 
• Grindrod Study Guide to the Academic Bowl
• Google Drive – Practice Matches Shared by YOU, coaches. The Youth Programs office cannot guarantee the accuracy of all questions and answers. 

PowerPoint Templates 

There are three blank Academic Bowl templates available for use:

Regular Match Template (12-12-10 format, what we use for Round Robin matches at Regionals/Nationals)

Playoffs Template (16-16-10 format for Playoff matches and Third Place matches)

Championship Match Template (20-20-15 format)

There are three practice matches available for use:

• Practice Match 1
• Practice Match 2
• Practice Match 3