by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 9, 2012 | Coaching, Soapbox, Tournaments
Nationals is just like any other tournament. Grab some coffee and read that again. I know what you’re thinking: “Just like any other tournament? Yeah, right. Just like any other tournament where I get pounded to a pulp!” Receiving an invitation to the national...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 9, 2011 | Coaching, Parliamentary, Strategy
I’m teaching some parli classes lately. While these structures help in other forms of debate too, it’s good to learn a few standard case structures to deploy in parli. You can do almost anything you want to organize your speech, as long as you do it...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 3, 2011 | Strategy
I received a question over the weekend: What’s a Kritical aff and how does it work? I decided to respond to the whole debate community as the issue is so commonly misunderstood. The truth is, people mean several different things when they say “Kritical...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 13, 2011 | Coaching, Ethos Info, Featured, Tournaments
~~CORRECTION: I had previously erroneously reported that the negative review from an alumni was from someone who was not at the tournament the whole time. In fact, the alumni WAS at the tournament the whole time. Apologies~~ Back in March I posted about the Vector Fun...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 24, 2011 | Parliamentary, Video
Private Military Contractors are a frequent topic to surface in parli debates. You should watch the following debate to get familiar with the topic and to learn some value debating (team value format, fyi). The resolution is: “Corporate influence on the U.S. is...
