siarz0:9 ‘Secret Goal Cross-Examination Published on idebate.org (hpiarchve.jdebate.org) Home > Secret Goal Cross-Examination Secret Goal Cross-Examination Set up the same as the tag-team cross-examination (above). This time, however, after each team has heard the other team’s argument but before questioning begins, each team writes ther “secret goal" on paper. The secret goal is a realistic but challenging objective for cross-examination (e.g., "I want them to admit that there is some risk in their idea because it has never been tried before,” or “I want the judge to understand that their logic is pretty questionable on the second advantage"). Questioning begins - it can be tag-team, or with one selected questioner and respondent, Questioning ends when the questioner either 1). ‘Announces that they have reached their goal or 2.) Realizes that they never wil /http/archive.idebate orgjtrainin ols/secret-goal-cross-examination archive idebate.orgiprint10471 ”