Ethos is excited to announce its 2014 nats-prep debate camp, which will be taught by NCFCA National Champions, Collegiate Debate Champions, and Washington DC area experts. To sign up, click the Buy Tickets button above.
Agenda Includes...
- Brainstorm and research sessions with sourcebook authors and national champions
- Perfect your 1AC and run your case past an expert in the field
- Stock up on case-specific evidence prepared in time for Nationals
- Response preparation and depth of argumentation
- Rebuttal winning strategies
- Polishing your rhetoric and mastering judge appeal
- Practice rounds with expert judges
Details
When: June 6th-7th, 9-5pm both days
Tuition: $170/competitor
Resource Cost (sourcebook material): $30/team
Where: Blue Ridge Bible Church - 770 S. 20th St. Purcellville, VA 20132
Requirements:
- All debaters must have qualified for 2014 NCFCA National Championship or a previous national championship.
- All debaters must bring an affirmative case and be prepared to discuss and debate that case. Lincoln Douglas debaters must bring affirmative and negative cases.
- Team Policy debaters must register along with a partner. If the partner you qualified with is unable to attend, a substitute partner is acceptable.
As always, coaches and parents are free. They are welcome to attend and observe.
Affordability
Our partner, Training Minds Ministry, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. 100% of the tuition for camp can be raised with tax-deductible donations. To find out how you could raise funds for your tuition, visit www.trainingminds.org/fundraising, or email us for more information.
Pre-camp Webinars
Ethos is excited to announce the dates for our NCFCA NITC webinars! Please RSVP to lydia.bode@ethosdebate.com if you plan on attending. Attendance is free for all camp participants. The webinar will be recorded for those who are unable to attend.
Lincoln Douglas Webinar #1: Saturday, May 24, 10-11:30AM, EST
Team Policy Webinar #1: Saturday, May 24, 11:30AM-1:00PM, EST
Lincoln Douglas Webinar #2: Saturday, May 31, 10-11:30AM, EST
Team Policy Webinar #2: Saturday, May 31, 11:30AM-1:00PM, EST
Webinars will be taught by members of the NCFCA NITC team, and will cover everything from intel gathering to case/resolutional-analysis discussion and tips for how to best prep for NITC and nationals. Camp participants are highly encouraged to attend!
Lincoln Douglas Webinar #1: Saturday, May 24, 10-11:30AM, EST
Team Policy Webinar #1: Saturday, May 24, 11:30AM-1:00PM, EST
Lincoln Douglas Webinar #2: Saturday, May 31, 10-11:30AM, EST
Team Policy Webinar #2: Saturday, May 31, 11:30AM-1:00PM, EST
Webinars will be taught by members of the NCFCA NITC team, and will cover everything from intel gathering to case/resolutional-analysis discussion and tips for how to best prep for NITC and nationals. Camp participants are highly encouraged to attend!
A Word From the Coaches
Isaiah McPeak
"Debating at the level of a national champion requires skills in logic, rhetoric, analysis, and communication, in addition to argumentation. In the last six years, I have coached five national champions at the collegiate and high school levels. Participating in the Ethos Nationals Intensive will help you cultivate analytic, argumentation, and communication skills that will distinguish you from your peers at the National Championship and in the real world."
Chris Jeub
"I've been involved in homeschool forensics since its onset in 1996. I'm the president of Training Minds Ministry and owner of Monument Publishing, as well as co-author of Blue Book (Team-Policy) and publisher of Red Book (Lincolnd-Douglas). I absolutely love working with coaches from across the country to bring the best products possible into the hands of young debaters. I'm looking forward to this awesome year of the Nationals Intensive Training Camp."
Lydia Bode
"It's easy to work hard all season and get burned out the month before nationals. It's also easy to delay prep until the week before a tournament. As a four-time nationally ranked NCFCA competitor and a nationally ranked British Parliamentary and Moot Court debater at the collegiate level, I know how to beat the burnout, stop the procrastination, and land the #1 place. I've coached both LD and TP and look forward to helping you push yourself to the next level."
Ryan Collins
"What helped me win the 2013 Team Policy National Championship? Hard work and excellent coaching—quality nats prep. Working with Isaiah before the national championship gave me a set of skills that made it easy for me to adapt to unexpected arguments and a variety of speaking situations. I look forward to helping you cultivate those same skills. Ethos Nationals Intensive is your opportunity to work with an experienced and successful coaching staff that recognizes your potential and is dedicated to preparing you for success."
TP Schedule
Friday, June 6th
1. Lessons from Champions: How I Won Nationals (featuring NCFCA champions Ryan Collins, Rebecca Frazer, and Josiah McPeak)
2. 1AC Workshop
- Individualized 1AC critiques
- Making your 1AC fit your personality
- Spiking and 1AC strategy
3. Start/Stop Practice Rounds
4. Negative Workshop
- Strategize like Sun Tzu – Using 10 Sayings to Think Up Better Negs
- Tackle difficult cases
- Advanced negative strategy tips
Saturday, June 7th
1. Rebuttals Workshop
- Burdens Analysis
- Impact Calculus
- Strategy Tips
2. Run Your Case Past an Expert (featuring DC area experts)
3. How to Read (and Communicate to) Your Judge
4. Start/Stop Practice Rounds
LD Schedule
Friday, January 6th
1. Back to the basics (lecture)
- What LD really is all about
- What arguments matter most
- Strategic Collapsing
2. Value massacres (short lecture, drills)
- Intel to identify main value battles
- Moving past superficial value attacks
- How to poke holes in any value
3. Knowing and selling your case (workshop)
- Identifying Core Links
- Using Elevators
- Running Voters
4. Start/Stop Practice Rounds
Saturday, January 7th
1. Framing Discussion (guided student discussion)
- Identifying regional differences
- Discussing unique refutation
2. Values Four-Point Refutation
- Integrating refutation into negative cases
- Preparing and deploying R2P’s
- Generating real clash
3. Refutation Workshop
- NEG case adjustments to deal with any AFF
- Round and world impacting
4. Discussions with an expert (case review and Q&A)
5. Start/Stop Practice Rounds