Coaching
RCC Lecture – Tricks of the Trade
Thanks to Dr. Kasle for recording the lecture and thanks to Professor Miller for giving out 10 tips to new debaters starting out in NFA-LD. Watch the lecture here: RCC Debate Camp – Professor Miller – Tricks of the Trade from Danny Cantrell on Vimeo. Share on Facebook
First Affirmative Constructive Lecture
At the Riverside Community College Co-Op Professor Kasle was nice enough to video tape a bunch of the lectures. Here is my lecture on the first affirmative constructive. Thanks to all the participants for the lively discussion! Part 1 NFA-LD First Affirmative Constructive Lecture 1/2 from Danny Cantrell on Vimeo. Part 2 NFA-LD First Affirmative [...]
Listening
One of the great benefits of debate training is that you are forced to develop good listening skills in order to refute arguments. There is really no other way to be competitive in debate. I found this great blog today on the Global Debate Blog about listening: Debate reveals value of listening to others’ views [...]
Full Citation or Last name & Year?
Again, a round of thank yous to Dr. Kasle for organizing the RCC debate camp last month. It was a terrific experience for me the day I was there and helpful to a lot of students and coaches from around the country. We had a great discussion at the camp regarding the rule regarding evidence [...]
States Counterplan problem?
SAFETEA-LU enacted in 2005 (Public Law 109-59, 109th Congress) discusses how transportation infrastructure projects are incredibly complex and require coordination between multiple levels of government. A states counterplan could run into substantial solvency deficit if the “states go it alone” as many states counterplan specify… SAFETEA-LU Law, Public law 109-59, 2005 (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ059.109, accessed August 6, [...]
Google Alerts – the lazy research technique
At the RCC debate camp I mentioned briefly the ability to sign up for google alerts to do some of your research for you. I thought it might be helpful to explain how to do this in more detail. Here is a video explaining how to use google alerts generally: Some of my thoughts on [...]
A good year for counterplans?
While last year seemed near impossible to run good counterplans based on the requirements of the NFA-LD rules for counterplans, this year seems really solid. Specifically, the rules state that counterplans: The negative may present one counterproposal specific to the affirmative problem area. By this, we mean that the counterproposal must deal with the problem [...]
2009 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative Tournament Final Round
The final round from the 2009 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative Tournament is online. Thanks to Nick Garcia of The Ohio State University for recording and uploading this video. I expect more lectures to get posted in the coming weeks. Subscribing to Nick’s youtube feed should provide you with e-mail alerts when new camp videos are posted. [...]
2009 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative Evidence Set
The 2009 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative Evidence Set is available for download. You can download the file at: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~forensics/2009 NFA-LD Debate Cooperative Evidence Set.pdf Last year, I heard a few complaints that the camp evidence was still being relied on late into the season. My advice is to not let that happen this year. This year’s [...]
Resources updated
Thanks to Michael Miller for posting so many great resources here and on debate cooperative. I’ve updated the resources section of this site to include places to help you research for this year. If you come across any good sites please post them here. (If you are looking for Cuba resources click here). NOTE: I’m [...]
Where to get started?
The resolution is out and I think it should be a really fascinating year of debate. Domestic transportation policy is something almost all of us are affected by on a daily basis yet we often do not get to really explore why highways are like they are or why trains run like they do… One [...]
Funding
Debate theory is an ever evolving and dynamic thing. One of the reasons I like NFA-LD is that the framework is defined in the rules to a much greater extent than other debate formats. This, in my humble opinion, allows debaters from all skill levels to have a greater understanding of the expectations of the [...]
