by Thaddeus Tague | Aug 2, 2018 | Best Resources, Coaching, Coaching a Club, Ethos Info, Uncategorized
Isaiah McPeak posted in 2015, showcasing 4 different case studies of how to start a club. Two of those models, I ended up coaching long after he had moved on. I helped coach the PHC BP team, as well as Vector Debate (for 2 years). This post, however, is...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jul 30, 2018 | Communication/Rhetoric, Speech Events, Uncategorized
Passion can be a cornerstone for an effective or persuasive speech. Many speeches on certain subjects don’t need it, but many do. It’s a hard delineation to find. If you’ve ever seen a speaker with too much passion, you know how easy it is to become...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 28, 2018 | Best Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Technique, Thinking Strategically, Uncategorized
Whenever I come into conversation with a parent or student who wants resources to “get better” at debate, among many recommendations, I tell them to take a gander at the Ethos blog. If you have the time to scroll and scroll, it goes way back and contains a...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 9, 2018 | Best Resources, Research Tips
Ethos Debate has been around for a little longer than a decade now, if my math is correct. Through teaching about a hundred camps, judging thousands of rounds, and coaching tens of thousands of hours (and a dozen national champs), we have a few books that just might...
by Harrison Durland | May 26, 2018 | Communication/Rhetoric, Speaking
Specific/Advanced Techniques and Devices After the last post on more general techniques, this post will focus more on the concrete speech devices you can implement. However, as mentioned before, you don’t want to go overboard with these devices or use them without any...
by Anna Johansen | May 23, 2018 | From Novice to Intermediate, Guest Posts, Soapbox, Tournaments
I’ve known Koryn for two years now: from her first-ever debate camp through her first time debating at Regionals just a few weeks ago. I wanted to talk to Koryn because this year, she and her brother/TP partner Kaleb hit that turning point that always gets me...
