Comments on: Thursday Thing To Read: Small School Success http://www.wiforensics.com/2005/12/thursday-thing-to-read-small-school-success/ Your Source for news and culture about Wisconsin Debate and Forensics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nathan Hanson http://www.wiforensics.com/2005/12/thursday-thing-to-read-small-school-success/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Nathan Hanson Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:50:06 +0000 http://wiforensics.com/?p=92#comment-232 What is really intriguing about small team VS big team is that I think small teams have been more successful then big teams over all (small when talking about number of debaters in a program). It would be interesting to take budgets divided by number of students in the program and see what the results looked like. A huge benefit to having a small team is that a coach can spend more one on one time with there kids. Smaller teams also require significantly smaller budgets. I think there are large disadvantages to having a huge number of debaters in a program. Size of team and amount of money are only a few things to think about though: length of season, a debate class, location in the state, availability of judges, assistant coaches or lack there of, etc. I guess the ultimate team would have all of these things available to them, but what is great about debate is that it’s all about convincing the judge in front of you. You can have everything in the world and still lose. You can have nothing and still win. It’s all about how you prepare and how you adapt. That’s why any team in the state can always have a chance if the debaters are willing to work for it. What is really intriguing about small team VS big team is that I think small teams have been more successful then big teams over all (small when talking about number of debaters in a program). It would be interesting to take budgets divided by number of students in the program and see what the results looked like. A huge benefit to having a small team is that a coach can spend more one on one time with there kids. Smaller teams also require significantly smaller budgets. I think there are large disadvantages to having a huge number of debaters in a program.

Size of team and amount of money are only a few things to think about though: length of season, a debate class, location in the state, availability of judges, assistant coaches or lack there of, etc. I guess the ultimate team would have all of these things available to them, but what is great about debate is that it’s all about convincing the judge in front of you. You can have everything in the world and still lose. You can have nothing and still win. It’s all about how you prepare and how you adapt. That’s why any team in the state can always have a chance if the debaters are willing to work for it.

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