by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 21, 2015 | Strategy, Top Drills, Tournaments
As Chip and Dan Heath (also authors of our favorite communications book, Made to Stick) note in their book “Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard,” improvement is often about capitalizing on the “bright spots.” A similar point is made by Charles Duhigg in...
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 | Feb 21, 2015 | Coaching, Speech Events, Technique
Take a moment to hear 4 tips for speech memorization from a national champ. Even if you’ve been memorizing your speeches for years, you may be surprised to learn you could do it much faster! And debaters, this works for 1ACs too!
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 11, 2015 | Coaching, Guest Posts, Strategy
Ryan Collins (2013 TP national champion) and I are planning this weekend’s teaching. We’re working with a group of experienced debaters who aren’t having the traction they should. We had both written down our own notes, and they were remarkably...
by Rebecca Frazer | Feb 7, 2015 | Coaching, Technique
Once there was a robot named Bob. Bob was programmed to deliver helpful information in a timely and organized matter. Bob was intuitive. His antennas could pick-up and decode human language, triggering him to respond with his helpful information whenever another...
by Elijah Schow | Feb 6, 2015 | Coaching, Soapbox
Download (23.3MB) | iTunes Cumulatively, Isaiah and Nathanael have given feedback professionally for over 15 years. In this episode, they reach into the past and discuss the secret sauce that makes their criticism pop. Reblogged from...
