by Zachary Kos | Feb 18, 2022 | Basics, Coaching a Club, Concept Analysis, Debate Blog, LD, Parliamentary, Strategy, Thinking Strategically, Uncategorized
How do you view debate? Which type of argument(s) do you prioritize? Have you lost a round on what you thought was an insignificant argument? If there was consensus over debaters’ most strongly disliked reason for decision, it would be the round lost on an argument,...
by Amanda McPhetridge | Feb 14, 2022 | Basics, Debate Rounds, From Novice to Intermediate, Negative, TP
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...
by Joel Erickson | Jan 24, 2022 | Basics, Technique, Top Drills, Uncategorized
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. There’s a prevailing mindset that flowing is...
by Amanda McPhetridge | Jan 7, 2022 | Basics, From Novice to Intermediate, Negative, Thinking Strategically, Uncategorized
When preparing for a big game, there is one thing all football players are required to know. The game plan. Various plays prepared beforehand to use during the game. What is your debate game plan? What will you say if the Negative team attacks the credibility of your...
by Anthony Severin | Jul 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Basics, Counterplans, Fiat, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Theory, Uncategorized
What must an affirmative team do to win a policy debate round? The affirmative should win if they convince the judge that the audience and the debaters are better off if the judge votes affirmative. Conversely, the negative should win if they convince the judge that...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Feb 9, 2021 | Basics, Fiat, From Novice to Intermediate, Theory, TP
If you’ve been in debate for any length of time, you’re probably well aware of the principle of fiat power. You’ve read about it in debate manuals, learned about it in camp, and probably even argued it in actual rounds. In fact, it’s even addressed in other Ethos...
