by Jeremiah Mosbey | Sep 25, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Platform, Speech Events
Maybe I’ve gone crazy, but I’m going to depart from this blog’s usual debate content (with a little bit of impromptu sprinkled in) and use this article to discuss one of the most important things I’ve learned in my years competing in speech:...
by Nathanael Morgan | Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’ve all experienced it. A fellow competitor acts one way within a debate round and when they walk out of the room they act like a completely different person. Maybe they’re quite polished and professional while debating and then you see them in goofy antics with...
by Noah McKay | Sep 12, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas
Today, I want to discuss the role of real-world examples — known among LD debaters as “applications” — in debate rounds. Some coaches and competitors insist that every contention in an LD case requires an application; indeed, during rebuttals,...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Sep 8, 2022 | Debate Resources, Uncategorized
If my brother took a pencil from me and my first response was to call the police on him and charge him with stealing, most people would say I’m overreacting. I could have asked him for the pencil back first, if that didn’t work I could have gotten my parents involved...
by Jala Boyer | Sep 5, 2022 | Impromptu, NCFCA, Speech Events, Uncategorized
In the first publication of this series about impromptu, I explained how to effectively use the two minutes of prep time that each speaker is given. It is both a delicate and extremely intentional process that requires discipline and repeated practice to yield...
