Weekly Sessions

Our weekly sessions are most analogous to a standard weekly “team practice” at a school program, but we’ve redesigned every aspect to remove the aimlessness of traditional practices.

• Content - Covers all debate skills in depth: flowing, weighing, prep, round vision, judge adaptation, narrative building, etc.

• Engagement - Large focus on practice and active engagement as a core part of the process

• Teaching style - Small (4:1) student-instructor ratio and high emphasis on personalized learning in every aspect of the session

• Design - Created from scratch by our instructors to cover what we believe is genuinely helpful, with uncompromising focus on quality above all else

What a standard class looks like

• Argument of the day - Warm up by looking at an argument from a past topic, talking about its strategic choices and composition, and doing a drill (practice extension, weighing, etc.)

• Round vision drill - Practice with advanced strategy and controlling the round with drills such as narrative construction and identifying ballot threats

• Speaking drill - Practice with extemporaneous speaking through drills such as analytical rebuttals and improvised speeches

• Lesson - Lecture on a specific topic with practice and Q&A

• Closing Game - End with a fun competition that builds a random skill (weighing tournament, elevator pitches, etc.)