Free resources
No account needed. Real drills, organized by where your kid actually is.
The general section works for any student. Everything else is tagged to a level on our six-level skill ladder, so you can jump straight to what's actually useful right now instead of scrolling past drills your kid has already outgrown.
General — any level
Not tied to a specific rung on the ladder. Useful on day one and useful years in.
Debate glossary for parents
Plain-English definitions for the terms you'll hear from your kid - flow, cross-ex, framework, kritik, and the rest - written for someone who's never seen a round.
What to expect at your first tournament
A walkthrough of tournament day from a parent's side: how rounds are scheduled, what judges are looking for, and what "breaking" actually means.
Foundations
A first 3-minute speech, delivered cleanly, with the round's basic structure and timing down cold.
Case Construction
Writing an original case with a values framework and criterion, and asking a clean cross-examination question.
Refutation
Responding line-by-line off a flow, extending arguments across speeches, and catching a dropped point.
Competitive
Ready for regional tournaments: adapting to lay and flow judges, cutting evidence independently on a new topic.
Circuit
Running and answering theory, kritiks, and framework debates, preparing for bid-eligible tournaments.
Bid
Competing at a level aimed at Tournament of Champions qualification.