by Ben Brown | Nov 10, 2022 | Fiat, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Team Policy
As any TPer knows, one of the most satisfying parts of the preparation process is when one stumbles across a golden piece of evidence, thinks of a killshot argument, or anything similarly incredible that looks like it all but guarantees a win against a given case. ...
by Noah McKay | Nov 7, 2022 | Cross Examination, Lincoln-Douglas, Strategy, Uncategorized
Poly Languages, https://polylanguages.edu/bend-over-backwards/ Competitive debaters are trained to give good answers to difficult questions. So, we are profoundly uncomfortable when we don’t have an answer to a question. And, under most circumstances, we would...
by Patrick McDonald | Nov 3, 2022 | NCFCA, Team Policy
Note: I’ll be taking NCFCA as my subject for this article because that is where my experience lies. I assume that many of these points will also apply to Stoa, but that is for Stoa-ers (Stoics?) to decide. For the first four years of my exposure to speech and debate,...
by Jala Boyer | Oct 31, 2022 | Impromptu, Limited Prep, NCFCA, Speech Events, Top Drills, Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Bernado Lorena Ponte, https://unsplash.com/@pontebernardo Alright, enough said about strategy and prep work, “let’s get down to the nitty gritty” (Nacho Libre). In this article, we are going to be examining basic techniques for how you can optimize...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Oct 27, 2022 | Soapbox
When I was debating in highschool one of the areas I tended to spend more time on than the average person was resolution analysis. I want to make sure my resolution analysis was airtight and that I could defend it in any debate round. In order to prepare to defend it,...
