by Zack Voell | Jul 28, 2012 | Coaching
Dr. Richard Weaver gave an excellent lecture last evening on the changing cultural perception rhetoricians and the degradation of language as a whole. As Dr. Weaver explains in a part of his lecture, to be a professor of rhetoric was once an esteemed...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 9, 2012 | Coaching, Soapbox, Tournaments
Nationals is just like any other tournament. Grab some coffee and read that again. I know what you’re thinking: “Just like any other tournament? Yeah, right. Just like any other tournament where I get pounded to a pulp!” Receiving an invitation to the national...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 9, 2011 | Coaching, Parliamentary, Strategy
I’m teaching some parli classes lately. While these structures help in other forms of debate too, it’s good to learn a few standard case structures to deploy in parli. You can do almost anything you want to organize your speech, as long as you do it...
by Drew | Sep 17, 2011 | Coaching, From Intermediate to Advanced
Thanks to our dual sourcebook manager, Lydia Bode, for writing today’s post. The 1AC is important. But I’m sure you already knew that – or at least, think you know that. Which is why I’m sitting here wondering why almost everybody thinks of the 1AC as “an eight...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 13, 2011 | Coaching, Ethos Info, Featured, Tournaments
~~CORRECTION: I had previously erroneously reported that the negative review from an alumni was from someone who was not at the tournament the whole time. In fact, the alumni WAS at the tournament the whole time. Apologies~~ Back in March I posted about the Vector Fun...
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...
