by Isaiah McPeak | May 5, 2010 | Debate Blog, Soapbox
Sophomoric (adj.) /sof-uh-mawr-ik — “suggestive of or resembling the traditional sophomore; intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, etc., but immature” (Random House/Dictionary.com) Advanced debaters — what kind of person are you...
by Lisa Alexander | Mar 31, 2010 | Debate Blog, Research
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 Isaiah McPeak | Mar 18, 2010 | Debate Blog, From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
I recently went with the PHC team to NCCFI (‘Christian Nationals’) and judged about 11 rounds of debate. My favorite was quarterfinals in parli where it was Grove City on GOV vs. Pt. Loma on OPP (same team that won the tournament). Both teams had one...
by Anna Snyder | Feb 26, 2010 | Debate Blog, From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
When most people think about mistakes, they usually have a negative perspective. But I’m here to inform you that mistakes are your greatest ally, at least in debate. Maybe it was my great ability at mispronouncing words and cracking blonde jokes that enabled me to...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 23, 2009 | Affirmatives, Coaching, Debate Blog
Here are some good ways to shock me when I am your judge (and lose speakerpoints, and probably get a paragraph of berating, and maybe even end up losing the round): – Use no prep time before your aff speech because you have all your stuff, but then your speech...
