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When Is It Appropriate to Restart Speeches?
Every once in a while I encounter a situation where a debater wants to restart a speech. When is this appropriate?
Three Things You Can Do To Improve Your Research by Adam Torson
The depth and quality of your research is strongly correlated to your success on a given topic. For that reason, you should spend time cultivating your research skills just like you do your in-round technical skills. Here are a few tips to help improve your research skills.
Paradigms and Principles: Are “I Meets” Always Terminal Defense?
A. Is an “I meet” argument always terminal defense on theory?
Three Things You Can Do To Improve Your Standards Debating by Adam Torson
One of the most common mistakes the average debater makes when addressing the standards is to be insufficiently comparative. A judge is presented not with the question of whether a standard is the best of all possible standards, but rather whether it is the best standard presented in that particular round. A major source of forced judge intervention is debaters talking past each other on the standards debate. With that in mind, here are three things you can do to make your standards debating more effective.
Should Judges Time Rounds?
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