Free Public Forum lessons and topic prep, from your first speech to nationals.
Learn Public Forum debate for free: topic guides, a full course, drills and evidence for middle and high school debaters, written by championship coaches.
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The topic hub has coach-written analysis, the best ground on each side, and answers to the questions teams ask most.
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Coach-written analysis, FAQs and prep downloads for every NSDA resolution.
OpenThe full self-guided Public Forum course, with no signup and no paywall.
OpenVideo breakdowns of each resolution with full transcripts, updated every topic cycle.
OpenA PF round timer with real speech times and a digital flow pad for practice.
OpenHow it works
Work through PF Essentials. It covers each speech and skill, with quizzes to check that it stuck.
Open the topic hub, read the analysis, download the brief and run the drills.
Time practice rounds and flow them on the digital pad. When you want a coach, CDA can help.
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From the coaches
The ten arguments you’ll hear most on the regime change topic, with frontlines for each and crossfire questions that set up your summary.
Why normal cost-benefit weighing breaks on the regime change topic, and how to weigh principle against consequences, certainty against magnitude, and a single success against a record of failure.
How to write a Con case that beats a bounded Pro principle: structural arguments about why regime change fails, the precedent problem, and why the United States in particular can’t be trusted with the principle.
Want more?
Coach-led classes, summer camps and the National Debate Club travel team.
