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11/10/2022

Debate Drills students rocking our merch at Apple Valley! 🍎

10/11/2022

Congrats to Saratoga GJ on a successful weekend at the Nano Nagle Classic RR!

10/10/2022

Debate Drills students champion the Nova Titan Invitational! Simultaneously, students attended Presentation, where they took home a Gold Bid and two Silver Bids. Fantastic work, and congrats to all competing debaters!

10/03/2022

Congratulations to those who competed at the Yale University Invitational! Debate Drills PF had a very successful trip and took home three bids! Thank you to the coaches and students for your hard work and commitment to the team. Go Debate Drills!

11/08/2021

So happy to share the successes of some of our DebateDrills students at tournaments this weekend. At AppleValley LD Saratoga AG received his first much deserved bid to the TOC and Prospect ST won the tournament and received top speaker! Sophia and Arnav, we're so proud of you!

Additional congratulations to our students Ishan and Gautam for a quarterfinals finish at Michigan in Varsity PF!

We look forward to the continued successes of our incredible students!

10/19/2021

Excited to share our newest debate rankings project! You can learn more at the link below:

Teams that compete on the national circuit in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) & Public Forum (PF) are ranked using an elo format. The DebateDrills rankings can be viewed here.

06/08/2021

“The structural effects a recession will have on society are large; and many of the important long-term effects have just started to play out. To see how the structure of the economy moves may take half a decade or more; much too far in the future to be definitely predictive now.”

Read more about the coronaeconomy here, in our latest blog!

Debate Economics 103: The Coronaconomy and its implications (Written in Fall 2020)Daniel LuoJune 3, 2021Expert ArticlesIf Tonneson had his way, we would probably all be dead. And so, the fact that we are still very much here and alive to read this likely indicates (by contrapositive) that Tonneson w...

05/14/2021

Not all online camps are the same; We at DebateDrills have been online since we started coaching and offer a personalized, flexible opportunity for students to learn with some of the best coaches in the country. Click on the link below to sign up for our upcoming camp session - registration ends soon!

Online summer speech and debate camp for middle and high school Lincoln-Douglas (LD), Public Forum (PF), Congress, and World Schools debate.

04/28/2021

Summer plans can be difficult to make and require serious thought. This Friday, 4 PM PST, we will be hosting an Open House/Webinar where we will provide advice for structuring summer learning, the pros and cons of camp experience, and more. Please RSVP through the below link to confirm attendance - we look forward to seeing you there!

Schedule your appointment online DebateDrills LLC

04/25/2021

DebateDrills Lincoln Douglas Club Team has updated the circuit debater wiki with cases from the January February Topic. We encourage students from around the country to share their preparation with the community.

https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/index.php/DebateDrills

04/20/2021

Congratulations to all the debaters who competed at the Tournament of Champions this weekend! A big congratulations to DebateDrills' student BASIS San Antonio Shavano PK who reached Quarterfinals in LD. We're so proud of all of our students who fought hard at such a difficult championship and showed such determination and thank all of our coaches who put in so much work behind the scenes to help our students succeed.

04/15/2021

Many people tend to stay in the same place the entire day while at debate camp online, sitting in their room or home office for hours on end. This is not conducive to focus, and often results in one feeling worn out.

Raffi Piliero gives advice on how to approach online camp in our latest blog post!

Written blog analysis on all things Speech and Debate by award-winning debate coaches and thought leaders.