by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 15, 2010 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy
I talk about burdens and create metadebate to weigh competing arguments. When you are in a debate round, especially one where facts are in dispute (policy) or unverifiable (parli), or you just happen to be at the short end of the argument stick, it is time to debate...
by Isaiah McPeak | May 19, 2010 | Coaching
1. Note Matt Baker’s comment on my post from yesterday. It is more insightful than mine from a debater’s perspective. And please realize that my comments about info from graphs assumed the given that you’d say “These statistics from a graph...
by Isaiah McPeak | May 18, 2010 | Coaching
Here’s a serious post… I’m coming to judge some rounds at nationals again this year. Last year I sent some excellent debaters packing to their car for full articles after the round. Here are a couple tips in preparing for nationals… which can...
