Evidence is the best way to provide support to policy debaters’ claims they make in a debate round. “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains the purpose and applicability of evidence in debate rounds.

The “Harms-Solvency” case is the traditional policy debate case where the problems are defined and a plan is proposed to solve them. “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains how to build the strongest harms-solvency case.

Supply and demand is the basic principle to all economics. “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains how this basic principle can (and should!) be used to win policy debate rounds.

After establishing how a negative debater should be thinking (like a pirate!), “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains how negative debaters can strategically and tactically blow up the affirmative case.

In policy debate, “topicality” helps keep the debate within the boundaries of the resolution. In this camp session, “Coach Vance” Trefethen explains what topicality is, how it is used, and how to impact it in a debate round.