by Anna Snyder | Mar 2, 2010 | Strategy
So what is the difference between an offensive and a mitigating argument? It sounds like a pretty silly question, but I couldn’t really answer that question through four years of debate. It drove me crazy because I would go to the Liberty Tournament, and the judges...
by Anna Snyder | Feb 26, 2010 | From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
When most people think about mistakes, they usually have a negative perspective. But I’m here to inform you that mistakes are your greatest ally, at least in debate. Maybe it was my great ability at mispronouncing words and cracking blonde jokes that enabled me to...
by Anna Snyder | Feb 13, 2010 | Coaching
It is thought that if you can get your 1AC in perfect running order, then you can (in theory) win 50% of your rounds, and this is true. So instead of telling ya’ll a specific case that I favor this year, I’m just going to list criteria for what I’ve found makes a...
by Anna Snyder | Dec 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Standards: 1. Predictable limits This standard argues that predictable limitations set on affirmative teams provide for a deeper, more intellectual debate round because negative teams are able to predict what they are up against beforehand and research the topic...
by Anna Snyder | Dec 5, 2009 | Coaching
Due to the breadth of this year’s resolution, a general understanding of topicality will be useful. At first this might excite affirmative teams, at least until they realize that topicality will become an issue in (hopefully) every round. I’d like to strongly...
