by Isaiah McPeak | Apr 20, 2011 | Coaching
Last weekend several historic events were wrapped up in a single event, the first Christian homeschool parliamentary debate national championship, in Little Rock, Arkansas. This was not the only first. For the first time, Ethos Staff squared off in a nationals final...
by Drew | Apr 16, 2011 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Technique
This will take you 60 seconds to read. I’m heading off to my regional competition tomorrow and naturally I’m preparing so that I can do my best. Now some important background: my speaker points have been progressively getting worse as the season goes on....
by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 12, 2011 | Coaching, Featured
Congratulations to Dan Pugh, who just won the National Parliamentary Debate Association’s (NPDA) Novice Nationals!! Dan wrote briefs for Ethos the previous two years and was coached by Isaiah in the Vector Debate Club for three years, where Dan spent 2008/9 and...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 15, 2011 | Coaching, Featured, Strategy, Video
Ethos author Drew Chambers (and partner Katie Bode) paired off against fellow Vector team Chloe Lorence and Rachell Smith in semifinals at last week’s Region IX tournament. Drew and Katie went on to win the tournament (their second tournament win in three...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 7, 2011 | Coaching, Guest Posts
This is a Guest Post by Dr. James Tallmon, Director of Debate at Patrick Henry College where he is also the Professor of Rhetoric. Dr. Tallmon has been an active contributor to homeschool debate, coaching several club meetings at Vector, VA, providing judging at many...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 1, 2011 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy, Video
In quarterfinals at NCFCA Nationals 2010, Josiah McPeak and Patrick Shipsey were negative against a team that had lost their AFF case once the entire year. Obviously, this team couldn’t be beat on their own ground. Through some in-depth analysis, Patrick and...
