by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dan Pugh and Sarah Snyder just won the Vector-hosted R9 tournament with this case. Coaches Isaiah and Amy McPeak decided to debate them in club through the 1AR. The point was two-fold: 1. To demonstrate better speaking skills we have been emphasizing. 2. To use some...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
http://www.homeschooldebate.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9485 Since I don’t know if all several hundred of you read HSD…here is fair warning: TP debaters (Stoa and NCFCA), Ethos will be hosting a “best brief in the nation” contest in a...
by Lisa Alexander | Feb 5, 2010 | Strategy
It is that time of the season. Most of you have already participated in your first big qualifier. Many of you are headed into your second qualifier or to a national open. You have all your sourcebooks, you have your traded files, you have your club files, and you are...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
We had a heated discussion in club about my position that debaters should not practice arguing things they do not believe–ever. But what if you face your own case and you really believe in it? I maintained that without disagreeing with the idea (i.e....
by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 26, 2010 | Featured, From Intermediate to Advanced, Technique
Seriously. I know a bunch of you are heading to tournaments this weekend–for many of you it is your first, but for most of you it is your dozenth or moreth. For this latter, you have a pile of evidence (most of which you probably don’t understand because...
