Coaching, LifeDrew MagnessOctober 23, 2019Mental Success, Stress, Stress management, method, coaching, Coaching, outrounds, pressure, RoutineComment

Cross-Examination: Your Most Powerful Weapon

With this at your disposal, you won’t care what the witness does.

Cross ExaminationJoseph AbellOctober 21, 2019cross, ex, ncfca, stoa, nsda, debate, strategy, persuasionComment

Practice Debate Resolutions | October 2019

Check out our vault and generator for hundreds more practice resolutions!

Announcing Camp Thunderbolt - Fall 2019

Seattle! We’re coming back.

Announcements, CampsJoseph AbellOctober 15, 2019stoa, ncfca, debate, culture, assimilation, multiculturalism, camp, coaching, joseph, abell, leah, buslerComment

Cross-Examination: Good Cop or Bad Cop?

In cross-ex, is it better to be mean or nice?

PersuasionJoseph AbellOctober 14, 2019stoa, ncfca, nsda, cross ex, crossfire, questions, witness, examiner, debate, round, character, nice, meanComment

Impromptu Speaking Topics | October 2019

Impromptu speaking should be at the center of any student’s practice routine.

Free Case: Destroy the Maze | Stoa TP 2019-20

Here’s a free affirmative case for Stoa Team Policy debaters.

Case Writing, PolicyDrew MagnessOctober 9, 2019Case Writing, Cases, Free cases, Free case, Free NCFCA TP case, Stoa TP, Stoa, Evidence, Finance POlicyComment

The Surprise Strategy Guidebook (Part Two)

Here are the final three keys.

StrategyJoseph AbellOctober 7, 2019stoa, debate, case, ncfca, nsda, policy, team, league, strategy Comments

Coach Profile: Leah Busler

This week we’re sitting down with our speech expert, Leah Busler.

CoachingJoseph AbellOctober 4, 2019coach, leah, life, questions, ace, peak, stoa, ncfca, debate, speech, championComment

Definition Vault: Preventive War | NCFCA LD 2019-20

Here’s a free comprehensive set of definitions for the main subject in NCFCA’s current value resolution: “Preventive war is ethical.”

Case WritingDrew MagnessOctober 2, 2019ncfca, stoa, preventive war, debate, strategy, ethical Comment

The Surprise Strategy Guidebook (Part One)

Here’s what you need to know to be excellent.

StrategyJoseph AbellSeptember 30, 2019stoa, ncfca, surprise, case, joseph, abell, ace, peak, nsdaComment

Forensics: Is Tradition a Good Thing?

“It’s just what we do.”

NoviceJoseph AbellSeptember 25, 2019forensics, speech, and, debate, stoa, ncfcaComment

The Surprise Case Strategy

Your season will stand out from everyone else’s.

StrategyJoseph AbellSeptember 23, 2019stoa, ncfca, nsda, policy, debate, season, strategy, surprise, joseph, abell, drew, magnessComment

Coach Profile: Sam Wooddell

Ace Peak has brought on three new coaches this year. We want you to get to know them!

CoachingJoseph AbellSeptember 20, 2019coach, sam, drew, joseph, ncfca, debate, coaching, inspire, ace, peak, profile, nsda, stoa, parli, ld, tp, nationals, nitoc, 2018 Comment

Untangling Ethics: The Three Moral Systems

There are three main systems by which all moral ideas can be categorized.

AdvancedDrew MagnessSeptember 18, 2019ethics, morality, preventive war, stoa, ncfca, debate, speech, philosophyComment

Selecting an Interp Piece? Ask These Four Questions.

You’ve decided to do an interp. Now what?

SpeechLeah BuslerSeptember 16, 2019piece, selection, interp, speech, event, leah, busler, joseph, abell, sam, wooddell, jacob, boehm, drew, magness, stoa, ncfca, debate, speech event, interpretation, dramatic, hi, humorous interp Comment

Practice Debate Resolutions | September 2019

Check out our vault and generator for hundreds of more practice resolutions!

ResolutionsDrew MagnessSeptember 13, 2019stoa, parli, ncfca, debate, practice, resolutions, listComment

NCFCA LD: Defining Preventive War

Understanding how to use each definition is key to success.

Case Writing, Resolutions, ValueDrew MagnessSeptember 11, 2019Preventive War, Preventive, Preventive War is Ethical, NCFCA, NCFCA LD, LD, Lincoln DouglasComment

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