by Dan P. | Mar 25, 2010 | Coaching
This is my first post here… My name is Daniel Pugh and I’m one of the guys fortunate enough to have Isaiah as my debate coach. It’s hard to believe that the debate year is over halfway over. Hopefully you’re having a successful year and learning from all...
by Zack Voell | Mar 22, 2010 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Strategy
After having an absolute amazing time debating and speeching at the Massachusetts National Open, one of the things that my partner and I learned was to point out any possible contradictions in our opponents arguments, whether affirmative or negative. This may seem...
by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 18, 2010 | From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
I recently went with the PHC team to NCCFI (‘Christian Nationals’) and judged about 11 rounds of debate. My favorite was quarterfinals in parli where it was Grove City on GOV vs. Pt. Loma on OPP (same team that won the tournament). Both teams had one...
by Anna Snyder | Feb 26, 2010 | From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
When most people think about mistakes, they usually have a negative perspective. But I’m here to inform you that mistakes are your greatest ally, at least in debate. Maybe it was my great ability at mispronouncing words and cracking blonde jokes that enabled me to...
by Anna Snyder | Feb 13, 2010 | Coaching
It is thought that if you can get your 1AC in perfect running order, then you can (in theory) win 50% of your rounds, and this is true. So instead of telling ya’ll a specific case that I favor this year, I’m just going to list criteria for what I’ve found makes a...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 26, 2010 | Featured, From Intermediate to Advanced, Technique
Seriously. I know a bunch of you are heading to tournaments this weekend–for many of you it is your first, but for most of you it is your dozenth or moreth. For this latter, you have a pile of evidence (most of which you probably don’t understand because...
