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Coaching Schools Debating

Gather insights from Julia Fetherston's coaching session on March 9, 2009, focusing on key debating principles, rules, and techniques. Learn how to improve as a debater, enhance argument structure, and excel in team debating. Discover the importance of preparation, practice, and continuous improvement to succeed in competitive debating scenarios.

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Coaching Schools Debating

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  1. Coaching Schools Debating Julia Fetherston March 9 2009

  2. The First Four Things • Welcome • There are no natural debaters • Debating is meant to be fun…always • Ask questions

  3. The golden rule • Debating is 95% science and 5% art. • So focus on the rules that will work in 95% of cases. • Everything that can have a rule should have a rule. These are up to you. • Prep technique • Rebuttal vs substantive • Argument structure

  4. Rule number 1 • Debaters can only work on improving 2-3 things at a time. • The coach’s job is to work out which is the most important.

  5. Rule number 2 • Treat it like a sport: some things are not optional • Taking two points of information • Offering two points of information • Having a clear definition (if affirmative) • Having a considered introduction and conclusion • Using examples

  6. Rule number 3 • Focus on potential ‘debating’ improvements not ‘debate’ improvements • Immersion therapy: lots of debates • Why manner matters • Let debaters explain themselves – up to a point.

  7. Rule number 4 • Letting people self-criticise or coaching for lazy people • The best and worst thing • The copycat exercise • The most likely thing

  8. Rule number 5 • Focus on team improvements, rather than just individual improvements • Practice prep sessions • 1st speaker speeches • Argument structure

  9. Rule number 6 • Focus on developing your team’s impromptu preparation technique. • Who is in charge? • What is the schedule? • The last ten minutes.

  10. Rule number 7 • Preparation (usually) pays off • Assigned topic areas • Newshour • The ‘10 things you need to know’ • Case preps • Reading material • Debating videos

  11. Questions

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