Perhaps the most common problem for new debaters is coming up with helpful and effective cross-examination questions. Matthew Erickson shares his champion-level strategies to asking strong CX questions, particularly in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Speaking Drills for Debate
Several strategies are applied to make you a better debater, but drills help you prepare for difficult competition. Lincoln-Douglas title winner Matthew Erickson explains his favorite speaking drills that he used to prepare to win.
Pre-scripting Arguments
Debaters make a claim, support it, and give impact in why it matters. National debate champion Matthew Erickson shows how to pre-script popular arguments to prepare for your next tournament.
Strategic Negative Debating Part 1
All debaters will take the negative side of policy debate rounds at least half of the time. Rob Parks gives you techniques, strategies and tools that will help yo be a strong negative debater.
Focus on Nationals
If you made it to your national tournament, you’re about to enter the most academically challenging tournament of your year. Multi-winning champion Shane Baumgardner explains the focus to have to make the most of your experience.
Strategic Negative Debating Part 2
How do you beat pirates? By thinking like a pirate. This is much the same mindset that expert debaters utilize in bringing affirmative cases down. Rob Parks continues his advice on how to be strong negative debaters.
Alternative Policy Case Structures
Not all policy cases follow the traditional “harms-solvency” structure. In this camp session, “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains other case formats that help make stronger winning cases.
Cross-examination for Policy Debate
Cross-examination is a favorite skill for debaters, but the hardest for debaters to master. Vance Trefethen explains how to ask good questions and avoid bad ones, particularly for policy debate.
Case Construction
The traditional “harms-solvency” case is the most basic and arguably most successful debate case format in policy debate. “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains how this case format is structured and how it is used to win debates.
Strategies for Negative Policy Debating
Affirmatives have a definite starting and ending point, a predetermined course to follow. Negatives, however, have to adapt to every possible affirmative case out there. Vance Trefethen explains how to think like Affirmatives to best attack them for the win.
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