by Kyle Lee | Apr 13, 2021 | Moot Court
Like any event in speech and debate, becoming proficient at moot court requires practice. This is the second part of a series about moot court, in the last article we discussed four steps to prepare for your first moot tournament. This post will outline three ways...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Apr 10, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Strategy, Team Policy
https://pixabay.com/photos/stress-ball-anti-stress-ball-6071852/ You’ve just delivered the greatest 2NR of your life. Certain that you’ve just won the round, you sit back in your seat with a grin. There may be one more speech left, but the round is essentially over....
by Patrick McDonald | Apr 8, 2021 | Negative, Team Policy
“I voted for your opponents because lives are important.” Staring disappointedly at that solitary sentence, I felt overwhelmingly perplexed and perhaps even a tad disappointed. It has happened to all of us: you compete in a debate, you feel sure that you...
by Ben Brown | Apr 1, 2021 | From Advanced to National-Class, Team Policy, Technique
Anybody who’s been in TP or LD debate for any considerable amount of time understands the necessity of delivering a memorable 2AR. After all, being able to give the final speech of the round poses a significant rhetorical advantage to the affirmative–an...
by Kyle Lee | Mar 30, 2021 | Moot Court
One year ago I decided to compete in moot court in NCFCA. The activity was incredibly daunting at first. I had watched plenty of moot court rounds but frankly understood very little of what was going on. People would grip the podium instead of using hand gestures,...
