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 5, 2016 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Soapbox
ERRATA: This post referred to “this year’s national champions” at one point in a way that could’ve meant any of several teams and people. At least one national championship team this year specifically adopted a strategy like is recommended...
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 Abbey Lovett | Aug 3, 2016 | From Advanced to National-Class, Guest Posts, Thinking Strategically
Awesome guest post by Isaac Kim, ethos debater, alumni, and brand strategist. 10 debate national champions offer their single best debate insight As a high school debater without a debate coach, I immediately learned that the most effective way to become better was to...
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 | Jul 1, 2016 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, Lincoln-Douglas, Video
Mikayla Simpson and Isaiah McPeak square off using Mikayla’s AFF and NEG cases for the 2015-16 NCFCA LD topic. Mikayla went to finals four times this last year, but progressed in skill at every tournament. Please use this video for examples of LD, flowing...
