VEX IQ Pre Season Updates: Schedule, Volunteers, and Coaching Tips
Hello Coaches and Parents,
We're excited to share a few important updates as we kick off the 2025–26 VEX IQ season:
📅 Full Season Schedule Now Available
The complete competition schedule for this season is now live!
Take a moment to review upcoming tournaments and get your teams registered early.
🙋 Volunteers Needed – Especially Referees
Our events are powered by volunteers, and referees have the best seat in the house to watch the action unfold!
- If you're interested, start with the Head Referee Certification Course. Let us know if you're certified, we'll add you to the referee pool.
- We'll also be hosting an in-person referee training session within the next month—details coming soon once the date and location are finalized.
🚀 Tips for Coaches (New & Returning)
Whether this is your first season or you’re a returning coach, here are a few early-season reminders:
Start Your Engineering Notebook (paper or digital): Notebooking is a core part of VIQRC. Choose what fits your team—paper or digital—and encourage steady, dated entries each practice.
🔗 Learn more at notebooking.vex.com (overview of paper & digital options)
📑 Template | Instructions | Digital IQ Parts
✍️ Paper tips: Use a bound notebook, add a table of contents, date every entry, and bring it to events.
Learn the new game – Mix & Match:
▶️ Watch the Game Reveal
📘 Read the Game Manual
🌐 Explore the VIQRC Current Game Page (updates, quick refs)Lean on the community: Reach out to other coaches and volunteers in your area—we're all here to support each other.
We're here to help
gainingSTEAM offers coach support, training, and event assistance across Nebraska. For tournaments we host or support, we provide the tournament-hosting equipment (fields, electronics, tablets, displays).
📬 Contact Us
Email: [email protected]
Web: gainingSTEAM.net