by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 23, 2015 | Coaching, Coaching a Club
There are two types of soccer coaches: Those who try to CONTROL your every action, as if the athletes are at the end of a joystick. Move here, do this, do that, go there, dribble now, pass now, strike it! Those who help you OWN your own decisions, as if only you know...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 9, 2015 | Coaching a Club, Communication/Rhetoric, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, Soapbox, Technique
For a skill that hinges on unblurred communication, debating can be brutally muddled. Thank unexplained debate jargon, thrown around in every speech. In the 20th century, cultivated primarily by guides who experienced debate as debaters rather than audience, debate...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 8, 2015 | Coaching a Club
So you were the one voluntold to form or take over leadership of a debate club? Bless you. I’ve been on the leadership and admin team of 4 clubs, and consulted around 20 over the last 10 years. Here are some lessons learned about four different models, and...
by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 10, 2015 | Coaching, Coaching a Club
When you’re one step ahead, you can help those one step behind. But which step to take? Clare Downing wrote a post based on her experiences as a student coach. A Student-Coaching Dilemma: It Depends by Clare Downing One of the best things about the Homeschool...
by Rebecca Frazer | Mar 22, 2013 | Coaching, Coaching a Club
Is it bad to say that M&Ms were the highlight of a debate class? I still remember those M&Ms. I also remember sitting in the same metal chair for two eight-hour days of basic debate instruction from the experienced debate students at my new debate club....
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 23, 2011 | Coaching a Club, Soapbox
I was recently horrified to hear of a parent telling their child the following: not doing enough devotions at nationals might make God not bless you with winning debate rounds. This is one of the reasons we don’t like Facing the Giants (a movie). God sometimes...
