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Win Topicality Once or Twice Every Tournament Using This One Simple Trick

Win Topicality Once or Twice Every Tournament Using This One Simple Trick

by Justin Marwad | Apr 19, 2022 | From Advanced to National-Class

If you’re a veteran of speech and debate, you’ve probably heard of the exercise of “speaking to your grandmother” that your coach has taught you.  Essentially, the idea is to practice speaking your argument from a debate or a concept from a speech in a way so that...
Don’t Be Afraid To Learn From and Teach Your Peers

Don’t Be Afraid To Learn From and Teach Your Peers

by Justin Marwad | Mar 22, 2022 | From Novice to Intermediate

A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to watch a movie with my family about a young woman with Tourette’s syndrome who had the dream of becoming a teacher but had very frequent audible and motory tics. She applied to job after job and the schools would always...
You Should Relate To Your Judge. Here Are 3 Effective Techniques How.

You Should Relate To Your Judge. Here Are 3 Effective Techniques How.

by Justin Marwad | Mar 11, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced

In James 1:19, James makes it known that every person should be “quick to hear, slow to speak” and in Proverbs 18:2, Solomon goes as far as to say, “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”  The message that we can learn...
Opinion: To Increase Education, Judges Might Want To Outsource To The Debaters

Opinion: To Increase Education, Judges Might Want To Outsource To The Debaters

by Justin Marwad | Feb 26, 2022 | Judging/Judges

As a judge, we’ve all been in rounds where we might have seen a team do something that we perceived to be unfair or unethical. Perhaps it was bringing up a new argument in a rebuttal or making any other kind of sus argument.  Most of us would immediately dock speaker...
Be Yourself In Debate — The Judge Will Remember.

Be Yourself In Debate — The Judge Will Remember.

by Justin Marwad | Feb 5, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced

Oftentimes, people who think differently from the mainstream position are criticized for their views.  For instance, the founding of the United States of America and the freedom for which it stands only came about because certain people were bold enough to be...
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