by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 19, 2010 | Strategy
Just got in a round and heard of a case that you hadn’t thought of before? What do you do? Just happened to me today in a way, so I’ll share what I did as a lesson. Here’s what you need to do though: go through all your TYPES of arguments and see...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 29, 2009 | Strategy
So we all know that alternate causality arguments are a powerful refutation. But sometimes we forget the similar argument, which is that there is an alternate solution to neg disadvantages that mean the DA shouldn’t be considered. It isn’t run as often...
by Patrick S | Dec 26, 2009 | Strategy
We’ve all been there. You’re in a round against a case you’ve never seen before. Maybe it’s at an open against a team from another region, maybe a team trying out a new case, maybe it’s just one you didn’t see coming. Either way,...
by Lisa Alexander | Dec 12, 2009 | Coaching, Strategy
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” ~ Larry Bird As a high school student, Larry Bird practiced free throws constantly. He practiced in his driveway...
by Lisa Alexander | Nov 30, 2009 | Coaching, Featured, Strategy
Editors note: Ethos has written on extra topicality more than once; for an alternative view on this theory issue, you can also read this article. Effects topicality and extra topicality tend to bring on quite a bit of confusion within a debate round. Often, teams will...
by Lisa Alexander | Nov 28, 2009 | Research Tips, Strategy
Everyone gets confused over how to evaluate their citations. Is the source a good one? Is the source biased? Is the author qualified? One way to evaluate a card is field expertise. In other words, is the author an expert in the field being discussed in the card or...
