by Kyle Lee | Apr 27, 2021 | Moot Court
Unlike TP and LD, Moot Court in NCFCA is limited to a “closed universe”, where you’re only allowed to cite material in a packet created by the league. Honestly, this system always frustrated me. I’d learn of a case that’d support my...
by Harrison Durland | Apr 18, 2021 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Team Policy
The Stoa TP resolution choices are out, and there are some important positives and negatives to go over. Thus, I’ll just jump right into the first option: Resolved: The USFG should substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology. I feel like I...
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...
