by Clare Downing | Aug 4, 2015 | Parliamentary, Technique, Top Drills
Word conservation shows maturity in argumentation. If you’re willing to stop talking, it shows that you trust your words and logic to accomplish their intended purpose. If you’re looking to master word conservation, then this is the drill for you. Step 1: Find your...
by Rebecca Frazer | Feb 21, 2015 | Coaching, Speech Events, Technique
Take a moment to hear 4 tips for speech memorization from a national champ. Even if you’ve been memorizing your speeches for years, you may be surprised to learn you could do it much faster! And debaters, this works for 1ACs too!
by Rebecca Frazer | Feb 7, 2015 | Coaching, Technique
Once there was a robot named Bob. Bob was programmed to deliver helpful information in a timely and organized matter. Bob was intuitive. His antennas could pick-up and decode human language, triggering him to respond with his helpful information whenever another...
by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 8, 2013 | Communication/Rhetoric, Technique
Every debate team wants to see the check mark under their names on the debate ballot. Winning is important. Winning is the best. There is nothing wrong with winning. But one of the worst feelings is when you see “LPW” scribbled on the side of a ballot: Low...
by Zack Voell | Sep 21, 2012 | Coaching, Communication/Rhetoric, Technique
“Humor has always played an important role in argument, sometimes as the sugar that makes the medicine go down. You can slip humor into an argument to put readers at ease, thereby making them more open to a proposal you have to offer.” Unfortunately,...
by Zack Voell | Sep 12, 2012 | From Novice to Intermediate, Technique, Tournaments
Taken/compiled from “The Debate Bible”, by Jon Bruschke Partner Interaction: 1. DO NOT interrupt your prepping partner unless they explicitly ask for your help. Immediately before they get up to speak, you get 30 seconds to tell them the 3 or 4 most...
