Last year, I did policy debate, but didn't care for it much, so I'm in LD this year. I love it, but struggle because I can't compete in with novices, since I technically did debate last year (even though policy was a lot different from LD). Due to my policy history, my greatest strength is speed. However, even if I try to spread the hell out of my opponent in the 1AR, it ends up sounding blippy- since I'm having problems prioritizing what should be answered/extended. Are there drills for this? Any other tips would be great, too. Thanks!
2007-11-29 09:59:17 · 3 answers · asked by live*laugh*love 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
My advice for LD is actually to go slower so that you don't look like you're all over the place. This way you can think more and make arguments clearer. I know you think it's not like policy debate, but it actually has a lot of similarities. It is almost for a fact a lot easier because it's not as research intensive. But if you ran kritiks, for example, you will realize that you can use a lot of that stuff in LD. LD also has a definition debate, sort of like in policy, so you can use what you know about standards. You also learn the line-by-line in policy, which is very helpful in LD too. I'm sure that with some practice the transition will be really easy.
2007-12-03 04:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're having problems answering quickly just take out a pipe, tap it out and fill it why you think of the answer.
It apparently always worked for Sartre!
2007-11-29 15:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by soppy.bollocks 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://debate.uvm.edu/learnld.html
try this site, if you havent, go down on the page and there are some instructional videos
2007-11-29 14:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋