by Nathanael Morgan | Mar 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was just getting a good grip on how to debate well, I struggled with winning the judges over. Oftentimes the ballots blamed this on my aggressiveness, but looking back on it now, I realize that that was only one facet of the problem. Counterintuitively, the...
by Anthony Severin | Feb 12, 2019 | Coaching a Club, Communication/Rhetoric
No matter how you’re involved in the speech/debate scene, at some point you’ll probably be asked to give feedback to help other people improve. This post aims to make that feedback better. “Fix patterns, not problems.” – Tracy Wilk, former Google executive,...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jan 7, 2019 | Best Resources, Coaching, Question and Answer
Have you ever wished you could improve as a debater, but aren’t sure how? Have you thought about getting outside help or coaching, but you have some reservations? This post addresses some of the common objections that bar students from taking the next step in growing...
by Zack Voell | Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
“For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn’s words tell us a lot about US-Russo relations and the attitude of the West toward Russia, as a whole. For much of most...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 19, 2010 | Coaching
Here is an idea I’ve used before to help people practice to make disadvantages, advantages, and harms. I’m pretty sure Lydia Bode or Amy or Josiah somebody first came up with it the way we use it. It teaches deepening arguments and focusing on warrants....
