Advanced techniques
As speakers gain experience and begin to enter tournaments, they will need to learn some more advanced techniques to help them win debates.
Although there are many ways in which young speakers can improve their speaking, in this resource five main areas are focused on:
Proposition strategies
Word file: Proposition strategies
Opposition strategies
Word file: Opposition strategies
The use of statistics
Word file: Dealing with statistics
The effective use of rebuttal
Word file: The effective use of rebuttal
The effective use of Points of Information
Word file: Using Points of Information effectively
This section should be useful for all speakers, especially for debates coaches and for experienced debaters who have started to enter external tournaments.
It should be noted that the best way to improve is via practice, both within the society and in tournaments. Listening to feedback from the judges, either pupil judges in the form of society debating or tournament judges, is crucial to debating development.
These strategies are useful for all formats of debate.