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Your Impromptu Neg How-To

Your Impromptu Neg How-To

by Amanda McPhetridge | Feb 14, 2022 | Debate Rounds, From Novice to Intermediate, Negative, Team Policy

The year- 2020. The tournament- A Regional District Qualifier(the last one before our season catapulted into nothingness.) The round- Finals.  In the hours leading up to debate breaks for finals, the new National Research Labs case was in the forefront of my...
You Might Want To Start Thinking About Reducing or Recycling Prep Time… Here’s Why.

You Might Want To Start Thinking About Reducing or Recycling Prep Time… Here’s Why.

by Justin Marwad | Dec 11, 2021 | Debate Rounds, From Advanced to National-Class

“Excuse me, sir, what’s your opinion on pineapple pizza?”  You look down and see a child you don’t know talking to you. Confused at the initial question and needing to think about it for a bit, you pull out a pocket kitchen timer that you keep with you at all times...
Reasons and Advice for Debating Online

Reasons and Advice for Debating Online

by Thad Burson | May 5, 2020 | Debate Rounds, Online Debate

“Online debate.” I am not going to lie, when I hear that phrase, I cringe. Or at least, I used to. After partaking in an online debate tournament, I have found that online debate provides a viable, beneficial, and even fun alternative to debate tournaments during...
Resolved: The United States should end its arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Resolved: The United States should end its arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

by Thaddeus Tague | Feb 7, 2019 | Bonus Evidence, Debate Rounds, NSDA, Uncategorized

This topic post is for Gov/Aff/Pro. Between watching practice rounds, and helping teams prep, it seems like Pro/Aff is definitely fighting an uphill battle on the PF February motion. Why? It can be daunting to argue against a really well run Fill-in DA, especially...
Crash Course Guide To Better Rebuttals: Part 1

Crash Course Guide To Better Rebuttals: Part 1

by Joshua Hu | Jan 3, 2018 | Debate Rounds, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, Strategy, Technique, Top Drills

There is no one right way to structure rebuttals, no special formula your speeches should follow so that the judge must vote for you. However, there are certain fundamental elements of great rebuttals. When well-developed, these elements will tremendously increase...
Parli: Throwaway PMRs

Parli: Throwaway PMRs

by Noah Farley | Nov 14, 2017 | Debate Rounds, Parliamentary, Strategy, The Parli Station, Uncategorized

Time for some new theory. Only a couple weeks ago, I was doing some Parliamentary debate.  We were Opposition, and the debate had come down to the mass of historical examples on our side vs. the Government’s contention that the resolution was necessarily true.  They...
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