by BrennaBakke | Sep 9, 2013 | Coaching, Featured
I still remember those awful words creeping into my ears on my first day of speech camp: “Competitors must dress professionally.” I remember looking down at my dog hair-coated black capris and pink Paris t-shirt and wondering exactly what that meant. Would I have to...
by BrennaBakke | Aug 23, 2013 | Coaching, Strategy
As a negative team, one of the most important things you must remember is that you are a team. You are not two individual speakers making your own arguments, attempting to see what sticks. You are a team of two, working side by side in cooperation with each other to...
by BrennaBakke | Mar 7, 2013 | Soapbox, Tournaments
I’m in my fourth year of Team Policy debate and on my third partner. My first partner was a nerdy senior boy who I knew somewhat well by that point. I was thirteen. When I went to his house to work, he would make me watch Llamas with Hats videos, and it’s truly a...
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by BrennaBakke | Dec 17, 2012 | Research Tips
I’ll never forget the moment. It was my third year of debate (revenue generation policies) and my partner and I were at our second tournament together. Both of us hated research and our evidence box was in a very sorry shape. In round 2, we hit a young team that ran a...
by BrennaBakke | Sep 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Very, very few things take higher precedence in debate than knowing the resolution well. We may as well start off the season with a brief look at US global military bases. Take dutiful notes—the basics can help you win rounds. It seemed reasonable to start off with...
