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How to research for debates

How can you make your long term research more effective?

Meeting in the middle

How can agreeing with your opponents help you to defeat them?

Tackling the motion #3 - quotas motions

How should you approach motions which call for quotas?

Can we afford it?

How far should debaters consider the financial cost of a measure?

The Power of Precedent

How the past can help you understand the present and plan for the future.

What sort of debater are you?

There are many different kinds of debater. Which one are you?

Feedback

How giving and receiving feedback can help debaters improve.

Tackling the motion #2 - ban motions

How to succeed at competitions

What do you need to do to win competitions?

Tackling the motion #1 - policy motions

You've been given the motion. What do you do next?

Panic in the debating chamber

What should you do if you freeze up in mid speech?

Slogans

How can summing up your case in a phrase help you?