by Zack Voell | Oct 14, 2010 | Coaching
Note: Tips for 2010, Part 1. By this time of the year, most of you should have chosen a case topic and have a written 1AC. Take a second, open the document or grab your binder and look at it—you are looking at hours of research, thought, revisions and powerful facts,...
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 Isaiah McPeak | Oct 1, 2010 | Coaching, Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies
I previously posted about how to write a 1AC. To help, I thought I’d provide an example of one of my favorite cases… it won me several tournaments in college. Example 1AC Because American Public High schools could better meet the needs of individual...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 29, 2010 | Coaching
How should you format your first 1AC? First, let’s give two example outlines. Second, realize which stock issues are proven where. Third, we’ll talk about the actual writing. I. Example Outlines Plan-Meet-Need case structure looks like this: I....
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...
