by Jeremiah Mosbey | Apr 20, 2022 | From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, Speaking, Technique
https://pixabay.com/photos/people-woman-dark-sky-clouds-2603773/ A few weeks ago, I was listening to an old episode of The Tim Ferris Show, in which Ferris was interviewing the actor Hugh Jackman. One of the most interesting concepts that was discussed was the...
by Justin Marwad | Apr 19, 2022 | From Advanced to National-Class
If you’re a veteran of speech and debate, you’ve probably heard of the exercise of “speaking to your grandmother” that your coach has taught you. Essentially, the idea is to practice speaking your argument from a debate or a concept from a speech in a way so that...
by Ben Brown | Mar 30, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Strategy, Team Policy
Most people would agree that higher speaker points tend to correlate with higher win rates in debate. Of course, there will always be teams who get low speaks and still do exceptionally well, and there will be those who speak well but still are stuck going...
by Zachary Kos | Mar 25, 2022 | Coaching, Coaching a Club, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate
We all enjoy getting trophies. We all enjoy the recognition. We all enjoy a job well done. Does speech and debate have more to offer? All it takes is one quick internet search to find that speech and debate offers infinite value to all ages. Additionally, you do...
by Noah McKay | Mar 23, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas, Thinking Strategically
Pixabay.com, https://pixabay.com/illustrations/silhouette-scales-justice-scale-3267887/ Many (probably most) Lincoln Douglas resolutions recommend “valuing” one of two things over the other. And most LD debaters don’t elaborate on what this means,...
by Justin Marwad | Mar 22, 2022 | From Novice to Intermediate
A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to watch a movie with my family about a young woman with Tourette’s syndrome who had the dream of becoming a teacher but had very frequent audible and motory tics. She applied to job after job and the schools would always...
