INSTANT CHALLENGE BLITZ
Competitive Teams Only (3rd-12th)
TVNC Instant Challenge Blitz
Educational Services Division Complex (ESDC)
1820 Pearl St, Carrollton, TX 75006
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Registration Deadline December 2 @ NOON
Fee: $25/Team (NOT per team member)
Instant Challenge Blitz = IC Skillz + IC Scrimmage
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This event is your team’s best chance to get great IC practice and pointers from experts before the tournament. You do not want to miss this!
Format
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Your team will choose one 2 hour+ Saturday session. On Saturday, the team will rotate through 3 IC rooms, each with a different type of challenge: Performance, Task and Hybrid. In each rotation, the team will have the full attention of 1 experienced challenge expert. They will receive a skills tutorial relating to that challenge type, followed by an opportunity to use those skills to solve a challenge. Afterwards, the team will receive critical feedback from the challenge expert. Each rotation is 40 minutes with a 5 minute passing period.
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Skills taught will include:
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General IC Information including Parts of a Challenge, roles, team member strengths and weaknesses, scoring, teamwork, risk-reward, what creativity really means.
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Task IC Skills – types of task ICs, use of materials, risks and choices, gotcha tips and roles.
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Performance IC Skills – characterization, storylines, what to avoid and acting pointers.
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Each team must be accompanied by 1 adult, 2 adults max per team. Since the rotations are private, we will allow video recording.
Registration Information
Teams will register for 1 session. When a session fills up, registration will close for that session. Payment is incorporated in the registration process. If payment is not processed in 3-4 hours, the registration will automatically be deleted and the space opened up for another team.
The fee is $25/Team (not per team member.)
Time Slots: (check-in for each session begins ½ hour prior to the beginning of the session.)
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Session 1: 8:30-10:40
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Session 2: 10:55-1:05
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More sessions may be added after morning sessions are full
Please plan carefully and be aware of the following:
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A minimum of 2 team members is required for your team to attend.
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Team members who arrive after a rotation has started, will be required to wait until the beginning of the next rotation to join their team.
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After you have signed up, it is not possible to transfer your team to another session.
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No refunds will be given unless there is a waiting list for your session and your slot can be filled. Refunds in this case will be the original payment minus a $2 processing fee.
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We will not hold slots open while you check with your team.
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You are registering once for your entire team. Do not register individual team members.
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Each 2+ hour session has space for 9 teams max, no exceptions.