by emilyerose | Oct 27, 2016 | Coaching
Steve the superb sweater salesman is constantly debating. His prospective clients can be the most vicious cross-examiners and deliver disadvantages that wreck his sales pitch. But Steve isn’t just any ‘ol sales rep. Steve has skin made of rubber. He lets these...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 26, 2016 | Coaching, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate
At my day-job, statUP, today we completed a major product design, the coach dashboard. That means Monday is when we’ll decide what major design epic to pick up next. Choices include Athlete Profile+, Skilltrees, Goal-Tracking, Club Dashboard, Mobile App Improvements,...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 9, 2016 | Coaching, Ethos Info
This is a public service announcement… we’ve partnered up with Isaac Sommers, founder of ZiggyDebate, to bring Ethos coaches onto the ZiggyDebate platform. In case you didn’t know, ZiggyDebate is for Stoa and NCFCA debaters both this year!...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 1, 2016 | Best Resources, Coaching, Top Drills
The worst kind of self-challenge is to get “all” of anything right. Improvement tends to happen incrementally, by focusing on one aspect of a skill at a time. For example, instead of aiming to improve your speaker points from 22 to 24, on average, it would be better...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 2, 2016 | Coaching, Ethos Info
Ethos XL was quite an adventure! Thanks for those who participated in what we described as an “experimental online club.” As with any experiment, there were failures and successes. The following lessons likely apply to all coaching, not just online clubs. They...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 29, 2016 | Coaching
We were surprised as anybody by NCFCA’s recent announcement of abolishing outrounds for its qualifiers, and moving to an 8-prelim structure. Having run tournaments in five leagues and coached in 11, I can say with some authority that this seems pretty unique. NCFCA...
