by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 2, 2009 | Coaching
I was asked to teach 14 high school students at a homeschool co-op about 30 minutes south of me. They aren’t really competing, but just taking a class, are halfway through the Christy Shipe book and have read all the Ethos 1ACs (presumably–this has been...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 27, 2009 | Coaching
I get asked what we’re doing in club by other coaches quite a bit. So I thought I’d post the plan from now until January. Do realize that a lot of crazy tangents can happen. IOW, this is the “plan”. It was crafted over coffee (and loud strange...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 22, 2009 | Coaching
This is a short post on learning. Influences here are classical liberal arts + Dr. Tallmon (rhetoric professor at PHC and Director of Debate, therefore my mentor and boss). The process of human learning is simple but important to break down. It goes like this: First:...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 22, 2009 | Featured, Strategy
Some of you may remember our video from last year at Vector’s debate meeting with Jordan Lorence teaching on Cross-Examination. Well…he came back this year for round 2. Find yourself taking on too much in cross-examination? Do you struggle in phrasing your...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 20, 2009 | Strategy
I am often asked which case I would be running if I were debating this topic. Let me say first what I always say, which is “I’m going to frustrate you but you shouldn’t run what I’d run.” Each of us has different interests, different...
