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...
by Patrick S | Oct 16, 2009 | Strategy
[Author’s note: If you’re completely uninitiated in Topicality, I recommend reading Coach Jen’s Topicality article from Ethos, as well as the article “Debating Topicality” by Stefan Bauschard (Debate coach for Harvard University). It’s an...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 2, 2009 | Research Tips
I told the debaters in my club at Vector to sign up for something using an RSS feed. Question begged: what’s an RSS feed? If you already use one, skip this post. If you want a really easy way to keep track of blogs, news alerts, twitter, someone’s youtube...
