The Future Champions Lab (June 21-27) is a one week beginner’s lab for students with no previous policy debate experience. In this lab, beginners will gain the skills and knowledge to begin debating immediately and participate in practice debates.
The Skills Lab (June 21-27) is a one week policy lab for intermediate to advanced debaters. This lab focuses exclusively on skills development with numerous practice debates throughout the week. The debaters also benefit from individual and small group instruction research techniques, debate theory, and in-round strategy.
The Research Lab (June 21-July 4) is a two week policy lab featuring a balance of skills development, theory instruction, and topic research. Each debater receives additional research on specific affirmative and negative strategies.
The Elite Performance Lab (June 21-July 11) is a three week policy lab tailored exclusively for the championship debater. It features personalized debate instruction, small group theory, kritik, strategy, and topic discussions as well as one-on-one skills development. Each debater receives additional research on specific affirmative and negative strategies.
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