Spontaneous Resources

New in 2022! CCI official Guide for Spontaneous (under Member Area/ Downloads). PowerPoint and PDF versions.

Spontaneous section in our Coaches Handbook, including a proposed “box of materials” to maintain as a coach for improv hands-on problems.

Explanation for new type of self-scoring Spontaneous method introduced by CCI in WF 2022. Not all problems use this method.


Teams need to practice Spontaneous Problems. Not just practice the responses/solutions but also the process. Here is a list of resources from CCI and from other OM Associations:

  1. In the current Program Guide, there is an appendix with past sample problems for those who just start.

  2. Free packet of past official problems (under Member Area/ Downloads).

  3. Videos of hands-on problems demonstrated by NC OM teams:

    1. Buckets

    2. Up, Up and Away

    3. Perpetual Motion

    4. Heads and Tails

  4. More past sample official problems here.

  5. Purchase book of practice problems from CCI.

  6. Free Spontaneous ideas shared by the VA association.

  7. Free Spontaneous ideas shared by the PA association.

  8. Free Spontaneous ideas shared by the TN association.

  9. Free Spontaneous ideas shared by the MO association.

  10. Free Spontaneous ideas put together by a coach a long time ago.