Drills
Get your reps in.
Debate is a performance skill, and you get better at it by doing it. Pick a skill, grab a partner if you have one, and run a drill.
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Weighing & Impacts
Extension Chains
Practice carrying one argument through all four speeches: the constructive version, a rebuttal frontline, a summary extension, and a final focus version.
15 minsolobeginner
Weighing & ImpactsImpact Calculus Ladder
Weigh two competing impacts four ways (magnitude, probability, timeframe, reversibility), arguing both sides of each lens.
25 minpartnerintermediate