by Lydia Bode | Aug 9, 2012 | Research Tips
Good debaters know their stuff. This is some stuff you should definitely know if you’re debating the UN resolution. This list is by no means exhaustive, and that’s on purpose, because ya’ll feel like reading through pages of acronyms exactly as much as I feel like...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 9, 2011 | Coaching, Parliamentary, Strategy
I’m teaching some parli classes lately. While these structures help in other forms of debate too, it’s good to learn a few standard case structures to deploy in parli. You can do almost anything you want to organize your speech, as long as you do it...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 3, 2011 | Strategy
I received a question over the weekend: What’s a Kritical aff and how does it work? I decided to respond to the whole debate community as the issue is so commonly misunderstood. The truth is, people mean several different things when they say “Kritical...
by Drew | Sep 26, 2011 | Strategy
Today’s post is an example of a Kritik and some potential responses. The K itself is geared at a higher level of both debate theory and political theory understanding and the responses also debate at a higher level of debate theory. So first off, here’s a...
by Drew | Jun 9, 2011 | From Advanced to National-Class, Technique
Heading into nationals, I find myself in another quandary of speaking style and the absolute best strategy for persuasive speaking. At nationals nearly everyone is expected to be fairly proficient at getting things across and doing it a persuasive way. And the way I...
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...
