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Your Best Opponent: Yourself

Your Best Opponent: Yourself

by D. J. Mendenhall | Feb 23, 2023 | Lincoln-Douglas, Top Drills, Uncategorized

One thing I found when I was debating is that I often wanted more practice going up against debaters similar to my level, but often didn’t have the forethought to actually schedule practice rounds. While this was annoying, and I have no doubt I would have been a...
Impromptu: How to Become a Champion – Part 4 

Impromptu: How to Become a Champion – Part 4 

by Jala Boyer | Oct 31, 2022 | Impromptu, Limited Prep, NCFCA, Speech Events, Top Drills, Uncategorized

Alright, enough said about strategy and prep work, “let’s get down to the nitty gritty” (Nacho Libre). In this article, we are going to be examining basic techniques for how you can optimize your practice time for impromptu. Practice? Yes, you heard me correct....
Flowing: Resources, Drills, and Approaches

Flowing: Resources, Drills, and Approaches

by Joel Erickson | Jan 24, 2022 | Technique, Top Drills, Uncategorized

Image Credits: congerdesign / Pixabay Quality flowing—debate vernacular for “notetaking”—is instrumental to competitive success, yet many intermediate and advanced debaters don’t enhance their flowing capabilities beyond the techniques they absorbed as novices....
Stress Testing Your Value Case: Five Strategies

Stress Testing Your Value Case: Five Strategies

by Joel Erickson | Nov 10, 2021 | Lincoln-Douglas, Top Drills

Image Credit: RickJbrown / Pixabay You just pulled an all-nighter pounding out your LD case (or commandeered one from our widely acclaimed sourcebooks) and want to ensure it’s airtight before tomorrow’s tournament. Here are five strategies for your arsenal. Strategy...
Speed Tip Series: Evidence and Examples

Speed Tip Series: Evidence and Examples

by Anna Johansen | Mar 13, 2019 | Coaching a Club, From Novice to Intermediate, Technique, Top Drills

For TPers in the throes of tournament season, evidence can seem like the be-all, end-all. They desperately scrounge for cards and trade for briefs, then head off to a round, gripping those pages like they’re Ben Gates making off with the Declaration of Independence....
Speed Tip Series: Use Fewer Words

Speed Tip Series: Use Fewer Words

by Anna Johansen | Jan 11, 2019 | Communication/Rhetoric, Speaking, Top Drills

Have you ever played Mousetrap? You know, the game with the epic contraption: you turn the crank, which pulls back a sign, that slams into a bucket, that sets loose a marble, that slides down a pipe, that jostles a pole, that drops a marble, that flips a diver, that...
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