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For Competitive People: To Destroy or Not to Destroy?

by Rebecca Frazer | Sep 18, 2013 | Coaching, From Intermediate to Advanced

I am a competitive person. We’ll just get that out of way here and now. Ever since I learned how to play Go Fish and Old Maid when I was three years old, I have tried to win practically every competition I have been involved in. I thought I was one of the most...

Practicing Reality: When the 2N Meets a Juvenile Offender

by Rebecca Frazer | Nov 30, 2012 | From Intermediate to Advanced

I was not nervous. Sure, I was standing in front of several hundred people in the eleventh and final team policy debate round of the 2012 NCFCA National Championships. Yes, I was competing for a national title. Yes, I was negative against a case I had never remotely...

Three Ways to Improve Your 1AC

by Drew | Sep 17, 2011 | Coaching, From Intermediate to Advanced

Thanks to our dual sourcebook manager, Lydia Bode, for writing today’s post. The 1AC is important. But I’m sure you already knew that – or at least, think you know that. Which is why I’m sitting here wondering why almost everybody thinks of the 1AC as “an eight...

DO THIS OR DIE.

by Drew | May 12, 2011 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Technique

What is the very first thing you are going to remember about this post? Probably the title. Unless I can top that title with an equally intense conclusion. The same principle applies to debate and applies to speaking in general. Actually there are two principles in...

Be a Person, Not a Debatebot

by Drew | Apr 16, 2011 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Technique

This will take you 60 seconds to read. I’m heading off to my regional competition tomorrow and naturally I’m preparing so that I can do my best. Now some important background: my speaker points have been progressively getting worse as the season goes on....

Semifinals Video: Brains, Not Briefs, Beat the Best

by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 19, 2011 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, Featured, From Intermediate to Advanced, Video

You need to watch the constructive speeches in this round. It is semifinals at the NCFCA Region 9 Vector Icebreaker, with Ethos authors Zack Voell and Drew Chambers squaring off. We forgot to tape the 1AC, but that’s okay because the NEG completely derailed the...