by Ben Brown | Feb 23, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas
Prior to the 2021-2022 competition season, I had four years of experience under my belt in TP. Coming into this year, I didn’t plan to change that at all–I had always done TP, and I certainly didn’t have any plans to switch over to LD my senior year. But...
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by D. J. Mendenhall | Feb 21, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas
A wise man once said: “when you have 3 minutes to address a 6 minute speech, you don’t have time for an opening quote.” This common, comical opener for the 2AR demonstrates the number 1 problem that most affirmatives have with the 2AR, it’s just too short....
by Zachary Kos | Feb 18, 2022 | Coaching a Club, Concept Analysis, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Strategy, Thinking Strategically, Uncategorized
How do you view debate? Which type of argument(s) do you prioritize? Have you lost a round on what you thought was an insignificant argument? If there was consensus over debaters’ most strongly disliked reason for decision, it would be the round lost on an argument,...
by Amanda McPhetridge | Feb 14, 2022 | Debate Rounds, From Novice to Intermediate, Negative, Team Policy
The year- 2020. The tournament- A Regional District Qualifier(the last one before our season catapulted into nothingness.) The round- Finals. In the hours leading up to debate breaks for finals, the new National Research Labs case was in the forefront of my mind. If...
by Jala Boyer | Feb 11, 2022 | Speech Events
Photo Credit: Matthew Smith, https://unsplash.com/@whale But you just can’t. Writer’s block has hit you hard and it seems like there is no way out. You have tried every technique but it seems that when you sit down at your desk to write out your thoughts...
