Learn About Debate

2010 Summer Debate Camps

As you are preparing for the 2010-2011 debate season, Debate Central provides the following list of debate camps around the country.

Judge Adaptation and Tips

Judges have various backgrounds. Some have no experience at all, while others are former TOC champions. If you want to be successful, you need to be able to debate in front of all of them and cater to what they want to hear. The following are some basic guidelines for judge adaptation.

Debate Central FREE Workshop

If you weren't able to attend one of our free workshops this fall, watch some of the lecture videos here!

Debate in the News

Follow this link to view newspaper articles discussing high school and college debate.

Round Reports

Follow the link to view reports of CX and LD rounds from high school debate tournaments around the country. Recently we added a reports from the Greenhill tournament

Research Strategies and Tips

Follow the link for advice on conducting debate research!

Rubaie Speaks

Follow this link to read Brian Rubaie's answers to all of your debate questions.

Debate Expert: Chris Burk

Debate Central partners with Chris Burk, Director of Debate at UT Dallas to provide you with evidence on the poverty topic and answer your questions on how to debate!

Tournament Casebooks

Follow the link to view casebooks from Grapevine and Greenhill.

Understand Cross-Examination Debate

The following PDFs are great resources for understanding Cross-Examination Debate.