by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 19, 2010 | Featured, Guest Posts, Strategy, Video
Watch and Learn. This video is several years old, from when Dr. Farris came to Vector to teach CX.
by Anthony Severin | Nov 4, 2010 | Coaching, From Novice to Intermediate, Strategy
It will happen to the best of debaters. The idea that once so intrigued judges, wowed parents, and left negative teams with their jaws hanging open* sometimes loses it’s effectiveness. Or, maybe that effectiveness was never there in the first place, and despite...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 1, 2010 | Featured, Strategy
I was recently asked several questions about disadvantages via emails. There will be more to come on types of disadvantages and fleshing out each of the points below, but I figure it is best to start with an overview of disadvantages and what you can say against them....
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 7, 2010 | Coaching, Strategy
Not to be confused with Alternative Justification Analysis Cases (AJACs), the “mini-case” format offers more than one justification for the resolution. What? Step back a second and think about what an affirmative case actually is saying. You are showing...
by Joseph Samelson | Sep 23, 2010 | Strategy
You know you’ve been in a situation like it before. You come up in your first affirmative constructive and give the 1AC that you’ve practiced over and over and have had it critiqued again and again. Then. It happens. Some negative team comes up in their...
by Patrick S | Sep 20, 2010 | Featured, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy
We have a problem in the debate community. It’s not bad evidence that I’m referring to. It’s not shallow argumentation. It’s not a lack of thinking. It’s not poor judging. Those are all problems, of course, but they’re not the...
