This weekend the team split up: The Policy team traveled to Humbolt and competed in a 2 day tournament. All fo the teams competing ended up with at least two wins. The Lincoln-Douglas Team traveled to Andover for a Saturday tournament. All of our competitors did well in Andover as well, coming home with at …
Website Updated!
New additions/changes to the website, guys! New theme: easier to read and use. The About page will have all of your coaches contact information on it. Please use it if you need it. The Calendar page has a link to our Google Calendar of practices and tournaments. This will be updated as we know …
Common Debate Inefficiencies
Debate is a speaking activity, certainly, but it is also a writing activity. Good constructive speeches rely in large part on well-written prepared materials, but rebuttals are where the real writing occurs. To deliver a powerful rebuttal, students must verbalize their arguments clearly and persuasively—but do so extemporaneously, without a script. Good speaking, like good …
How to Prep for the First Tournament
There are many factors that go into how you should prep for the beginning of the year: the size of your squad, how much time you have, what tournament you are going to etc. For the purpose of this series I will assume the following: 1. Your squad has 2-4 people (coaches or debaters) …
How to get the most out of debate camp
How to improve at debate camp by Scott Phillips This is an article I began writing for the first edition of the last word but was weeded out in the editing process. Several people who read this disagreed with a lot of the advice, so bear in mind this is just my opinion- if …