by Hannah Cavanaugh | May 21, 2024 | From Advanced to National-Class, Moot Court
(Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/images/search/gavel/) “Preparedness is the ultimate insurance policy against embarrassment.” If there is one quote that more accurately describes the Moot Court experience than this one, I couldn’t find it. While being an incredibly...
by Noah McKay | Apr 29, 2024 | Communication/Rhetoric, Lincoln-Douglas
Image from Pixabay.com Abstract Art Backdrop – Free photo on Pixabay – Pixabay Lincoln Douglas debate is mostly about philosophy, and philosophy is hard. Really hard. So hard that most people struggle to understand it, let alone do it well. The most...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Apr 3, 2024 | Top Drills
DEATH DRILLS: Also Known as 4-point Refutation Drills https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/man-using-electronic-drill_2910767.htm#fromView=search&page=1&position=0&uuid=8e03a54c-aad2-4745-a0ad-85f9e908b442 I’m not going to lie: the first time I heard of...
by Jala Boyer | Apr 1, 2024 | Coaching, Soapbox, Thinking Strategically
Photo Credit: BermixStudio (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-man-in-blue-overalls-working-on-cement-nZZfP9QiQ6w) When we debate against cases that seem to turn the judge’s emotions into a mountain, it often feels impossible to recover and dream of winning the round....
by Hannah Cavanaugh | Jan 29, 2024 | College Debate, From Intermediate to Advanced, Lincoln-Douglas, NCFCA, NSDA, Parliamentary, Stoa, Thinking Strategically
Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/light-bulb-idea-inspiration-light-4514505/) “Narrative imagining — story — is the fundamental instrument of thought. Rational capacities depend upon it. It is our chief means of looking into the future, or...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Dec 18, 2023 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Lincoln-Douglas, Technique
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