Academic Bowl Resources Center

Timeline for 2023-2024 Academic Bowl

• Registration: September 25th at 12 pm EST – September 27th at 6 pm EST
• Team Information and Screening Test Forms Due: October 18th
• Regionals Screening Test: October 28th – November 1st
• Regionals Teams/Pools Announcement: Week of November 4th 
• Team Picture and Team Fee Due: December 6th
• West Regional at California School for the Deaf, Fremont: January 30th – February 2nd
• Midwest Regional at Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind: February 13th – 16th
• South Regional at Alabama School for the Deaf: February 27th – March 2nd 
• East Regional at Maryland School for the Deaf: March 7th – 10th 
• 29th Nationals: April 17th – 21st

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