by Lisa Alexander | Apr 6, 2010 | Strategy
Now that you have a good caselist and have your 1AC all put together, it is time to work on negative. 1. First step is to get with your partner and go through the caselist one by one. Set out your negative strategy for each of the affirmatives. The negative strategy...
by Lisa Alexander | Apr 3, 2010 | Strategy
One of the questions I get asked is how to prep for regionals. Here are a few steps that will help you out. 1. Polish your 1AC and get it in good shape. Re-visit all of your affirmative evidence, check your citations, check the quality of your evidence, check your...
by Lisa Alexander | Mar 31, 2010 | Research Tips
It is that time of year again. We are headed into regionals and teams are gearing up with new cases, new negatives, and new evidence. It is also the time of year when people start sending me their cases and evidence to critique as well as negative briefs to critique....
by Dan P. | Mar 25, 2010 | Coaching
This is my first post here… My name is Daniel Pugh and I’m one of the guys fortunate enough to have Isaiah as my debate coach. It’s hard to believe that the debate year is over halfway over. Hopefully you’re having a successful year and learning from all...
by Zack Voell | Mar 22, 2010 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Strategy
After having an absolute amazing time debating and speeching at the Massachusetts National Open, one of the things that my partner and I learned was to point out any possible contradictions in our opponents arguments, whether affirmative or negative. This may seem...
