by Ellie Harris | May 1, 2021 | Advocacy, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative
In Voting Issues Part I, we discussed three common problems surrounding voters and how to avoid them by not running voters at all. But this doesn’t mean you should never run voters! It’s important to understand how to debate without voters, but at the same time many...
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 Ellie Harris | Mar 26, 2021 | Advocacy, From Intermediate to Advanced
Carefully read a list of numbers, wait a minute or two, and then try to recall as many of those numbers as you can. It’ll probably be easiest to remember the first and last few numbers. That’s because your brain is wired to recall things in order of primacy and...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Mar 23, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Judging/Judges, Strategy
A couple of years ago, Harrison wrote a couple of excellent articles (here and here) delving into the different types of debate judges, and the pros and cons of each style. While we all understand the fact that there are different kinds of judges, it’s still very...
by Kyle Lee | Mar 17, 2021 | Best Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, Strategy, Technique, Thinking Strategically
In the last article (found here), we covered why over-practice is a real threat to competitive speech & debate success. That article wasn’t saying that practice is inherently bad. It isn’t. Practice is fundamental to improving at anything. But there...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Feb 23, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Tournaments
Debate is not a sport. Debate is not a physical competition where the strength and stamina of your body is tested against that of someone else’s body, rather, it is a test of your mind and communication skills. But with that being said, we need to remember that...
