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UOP LD Results!
Hey Folks, Below are the results from the Paul Winters at UOP last weekend. This is the first partial doubles break of NFALD on the west coast, and one of the rare ones nationally. All 3-1 records cleared. Special thanks to those who traveled from So-cal and other districts to come to the tournament we [...]
UOP LD Reminder
Hey So Cal! I am taking timeout during our first rain of the season up here in Norcal to remind you to come to the 2008 Pacific Meets the Delta Swing in LD! As usual we will be offering LD at Paul Winters! And have received confirmation that many schools that are coming in from [...]
LD in California: Make it Hot!
Greetings LD, I just returned from the UK last night and was hit with some interesting news on my arrival, LD will not be held at our Northern California Season Opener due to a withdraw of entries. I wanted to take a moment to remind the community that in order the gain the maximum of [...]
NFA Results
Hey Y’all, Just wanted to let you know that the hard work paid off and NFA was a great success for both Cali and NFA-LD. Pacific’s Broc Maples and Steve Farias broke to double-octs, and UNR’s Matt Hogan was also a double octa-finalist. Great Job! There was also a coaches meeting at NFA this year [...]
NFA Preparation
I have been preparing for NFA here at Pacific and I wanted to share some of the things I’ve observed with anyone else who might be prepping as well. Attached is an outline of my lecture notes, they cover it pretty well. I don’t know how many programs who read this site are actually going [...]
LD in Northern California!
Kasey here just checking in from the NCFA Championships here at Diablo Valley College. We had a great turnout here with Pacific, UN Reno, Santa Clara, and Modesto JC. We even had a quarters break! Congratulations to Pacific’s Will Chamberlain for defeating UNR’s Matthew Hogan on a close 2-1 in our quarters round. The rest [...]
Evidence
Here are some end of the Semester tidbits to keep the creative juices going over the break, looking forward to another semester of NFA-LD in Cali! Victimization Kritik Rent Seeking BioTech Add On Drought Insurance NEG Coral Disad Share on Facebook
Prep Time Strategies; Four Minutes of Glory!
Prep time is the nectar of the LD debate gods. In fact, properly using prep time is probably one the most important LD only skills that you can learn. With no further ado, four minutes of glory. Make NO mistake, prep time exists before the tournament begins. This is where you highlight down all of [...]
Assignment Distribution
As NFALD is an evidence form of debate there is an advantage of having negative evidence when debating a case. Here is an outline of what I look for in a case neg and when to cut one. Depending on resources you may need to collapse to what is critical, this is how I determine [...]
NFA LD Results From the California Double Up
Congrats to the following for advancing to elimination rounds! Arizona State: Josh Whitaker Northern Arizona: Antonio De La Garza, Adam Fluke, Zach Freels San Diego Christian: Darren Burdett Univ of CA at SD: Zachary Schultz Univ of Nev, Reno: Matt Hogan Univ of the Pacific: Broc Maples, Emily Sheldon, Richard Aragon, Raymond Candler, Steve Farias, [...]
Tournament Attendance and Planning
The purpose of this post is to provide some direction and guidance for tournament selection and participation in the activity as a whole. I write this post with the assumption that larger tournaments in both numbers and teams present on the whole provide a better learning environment for LD. On California (Including close surrounding areas… [...]
Tournament Preparation
When I discuss the role of NFA-LD in college forensics with people in the debate community I consistently hear about how refreshing it will be to hear “thought out, and prepared” arguments as a welcome alternative to parliamentary debate. In light of this observation and the use of evidence I do expect the NFA-LD rounds [...]
