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Coaching How-To’s

My mom, a debate coach for 7 years who has started two clubs (Ambassadors for Truth in IL, and IMPACT in MD which recently took 2nd at nationals) and coached many successful debaters recently lectured to Region IX on coaching. Here are some of her notes that some may...

Instruction and Release Date

Dear debaterfolk in debaterland, We at Ethos have been getting a large amount of inquiries as to our release date. Currently, somewhere past 500 pages we feel like there is still just too much ground to cover to call it quits. As it is, I think we will release a...

Aff Cases (plus sample case)

We do not have a completely releasable table of contents yet because we add to it about every other day new briefs that need written. But we at least know our affs (and their negs). You will like them because they have plan advocates from which we derived the mandates...

What’s going on at Ethos

Good evening. We’re not all that into big time advertising, which is why we haven’t been emailing you twice a week this summer (or once… or at all… heh). For those who like to keep on top of things and are planning next year, we apologize for...

Planning Next Year’s Curriculum

Having just finished directing PHC’s debate camp, I had the privilege of seeing how people would treat cases and the negative side. Partially because of recommendation to do so, and partially from necessity, more than 50% of the debate rounds (including finals,...