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- Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Staying Alert/Focused after Lunch
- Replies: 11
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Re: Staying Alert/Focused after Lunch
I feel a slowdown when I compete, not from lunch but from playing so many rounds in succession. When I started going to longer practices a lot of that fatigue went away. Maybe it's a focus problem?
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8190
Re: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
"3Blue1Brown is really great. The animations are nice visuals to help you cement knowledge and give you a intuitive understanding even if you don't wanna read a formal math book/Wikipedia page." I've been watching 3blue1brown since 10th grade. It's one of the channels that helped me get in...
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8190
Re: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
I see you working, Jacob! I probably shouldn't be letting you in on Jesse Gingold's secret improvement strategies, but he's listened to a ton of the BBC "In Our Time" podcasts, which mostly cover literature and history, but also do small dives into science and other topics. I downloaded a...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8190
Re: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
"The Nature podcast is the best science podcast I found. It is good for news and staying up to date with pop science stuff, but don't expect too many buzzes from it. I have listened to it off and on since summer 2016 and the first buzz I remember getting solely from listening to it came during ...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8190
Re: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
"There's another thread on this here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18171&hilit=podcast " I'll look at that thank you. "I'll note that in general podcasts are less information dense than things like audiobooks. The downside is that you often have to pay for ...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8190
Useful Podcasts for Quiz Bowl
I primarily study by listening to Podcasts while I am at work or doing things around the house, and then later cementing that knowledge when I study. My favorite podcast for this is probably Overdue, which is a podcast about books. Dan Carlin's Hardcore history is also very entertaining and rewardin...