IPDA Debate Camp
August 12-17, 2012
Louisiana Tech University’s Debate Team would like to invite you to the International Public Debate Association’s (IPDA) first debate camp to be held in Ruston, LA. This camp is designed to meet the needs of new novices who are just being introduced to the activity; as well as, the needs for the seasoned veterans of the IPDA style.
This camp is specifically designed with the IPDA community as the focus. The staff for the camp has been selected for their talents in the IPDA community. In designing the lectures, drills, and activities during the camp, the application of argument at an IPDA tournament has been carefully considered.
Let me introduce you to the staff of the camp:
Adam Key: The current coach for Sam Houston State University (since 2008). He is a multi-champion and the reigning IPDA Professional Division National Champion. In the past two years, he coached eight IPDA national titles, set the record for season long professional points; as well as, coached a student to breaking the varsity season long points record two years in a row. Key coached a novice into the Varsity top ten in her first year of competition. Adam will be teaching audience analysis, delivery, and how to rhetorically handle various strategies.
Shane Puckett: The current coach for Louisiana Tech’s debate team. He was a former CEDA and Parli champion. Shane was first welcomed in to the IPDA community while coaching as a graduate student for Arkansas State University. He ran many tournaments and debate camps at Arkansas State University, Truman State University and Louisiana Tech University in various styles. Shane will teach the advanced strategies and tactics lectures.
Colby “The Cheese” Walker: Vice President of Technical Services of Communications One, a security telecommunications firm, he is the current captain of the LSU-Shreveport Debate Team. Starting with high school CX, Colby has competed since 1987 and holds a Quad Ruby Outstanding Distinction. On the colligate stage, winner of numerous trophies and tournaments since returning to IPDA he has competed in CEDA, LD, and IPDA. Colby will be conducting the procedural and round-vision of strategy lectures.
POSSIBLE Staff:
Marc Whitmore: An IPDA champion from the earlier days of the community. Constantly in the upper echelons of outrounds, Marc was beaten only by Keith Peterson (the first national champion in Open/Professional IPDA in 1998). Before competing in IPDA, Marc was 32nd in the world during the 1997 Worlds Universities Debate Championships in Stellenbousch, South Africa. He received a BA and MA from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. After competing and coaching for Arkansas State University, Marc worked for an educational charity, the English-Speaking Union in London. For years, he coordinated debates around the U.K. and led training and development for debate around the world. Marc will be teaching burdens and needs lectures.
The Structure of the Camp
The structure of the camp will have 3 days for lecture, drill, research and discussion; while the last two days of the camp will host a mock tournament. The schedule for the first three days will be as follows:
Sunday:
5:00pm – Camp welcoming and orientation
Monday:
8:00am – Introduction to the Tri-cot
9:30am – Practice drills framing resolutions
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Introduction to definition challenges, basic resolutional analysis.
Tuesday:
8:00am – Basic Negative Strategies
9:30am – Practice drills using negative strategies and “NC” impromptu practice
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Understanding the audience.
Wednesday:
8:00am – Improving your delivery.
9:30am – Practice drills “Speech re-do’s”
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Tactics of on-case vs off-case arguments.
Lectures:
1. Introduction to the Tri-cot: understanding debate frameworks and how arguments apply. This lecture is designed to help the debaters read resolutions and understand the options they may pull from to create an equitable debate round. This lecture also will examine what types of arguments exist in different types of debates.
2. Introduction to definition challenges: basic resolutional analysis. This lecture is designed to explain the burdens of the Affirmative’s first speech; primarily the burdens within the words of the resolution and why the resolution is important. While the focus will center around the resolutional burdens being pressed by negative analysis, the discussion will include parts of the argument/what a complete resolutional burden argument looks like.
3. Basic Negative Strategies. This lecture will examine the use of artistic and inartistic proof as argumentation. It is design to help debaters understand the use and the power of mitigation, counter-warrant and argument turns on-case. The lecture will focus on the power and the strategic benefit of arguing on-case as the negative.
4. Understanding the audience. If you don’t know how to tailor you arguments then you’re losing half the battle. This lecture serves to help debaters meet the needs of various audiences.
5. Improving your delivery. This lecture will examine how to relate messages. There are certain delivery styles that are preferred. The lecture will cover methods to improve the “listening quality” of your arguments. It will discuss fluency, when and what rate is appropriate, etc.
6. Tactics of on-case vs off-case arguments. This lecture is designed to help debaters understanding the strength and weakness of both on-case and off-case arguments. Each have their own limitations; as well as, inherent benefits. Knowing these strengths and weakness will help you know what tactical decision to make.
Beyond these lectures, there will be advance debate discussions available for seasoned competitors during the research period. Not only are these discussions optional, but the topics will be selected daily by the participants.
On Thursday and Friday, we will start a full six round mock tournament with open disclosure in-round. This will be the cap to the camp; giving the debaters access to implement concepts and practice in a debate tournament environment. The tournament schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, August 16 Friday, August 17
8:00am – Round 1 8:00am – Elim 1
10:00am – Round 2 9:30am – Elim 2
Noon – Round 3 11:00am – Elim 3
2:00pm – Lunch 12:30pm – Lunch
3:00pm – Round 4 1:30pm – Debrief and Departure
5:00pm – Round 5
7:00pm – Round 6
Check in for the camp will be Sunday, August 12, 2012. Check-out for the camp will be Friday, August 17, 2012. The full cost for a room and the camp will be $150.00 per person. (If you don’t require a room, then its $40.00 per person.) Travel and food will be the responsibility of the campers. I’ve tried my hardest to keep the cost at a bare minimum to allow for the maximum access to the camp.
Entries/Registration is due by 5pm on May 11. Half of the camp’s tuition ($75.00 for those needing a room, $20.00 for commuters) is due on the following Friday, May 18, 2012. The rest is due at arrival (Sunday, August 17). To register, email Shane Puckett at [email protected] your name, sex and experience level. Please make checks payable to LOUISIANA TECH DEBATE. While I’ve tried to make credit card transactions available for registration, this is a “no go” for the university.
MAIL PAYMENT TO:
ATTN: Shane Puckett
Department of Speech
P.O. Box 3165
Ruston, LA 71272
If you have any questions, feel free to email me. I’m excited about the camp this summer, and I hope many of you can attend.
August 12-17, 2012
Louisiana Tech University’s Debate Team would like to invite you to the International Public Debate Association’s (IPDA) first debate camp to be held in Ruston, LA. This camp is designed to meet the needs of new novices who are just being introduced to the activity; as well as, the needs for the seasoned veterans of the IPDA style.
This camp is specifically designed with the IPDA community as the focus. The staff for the camp has been selected for their talents in the IPDA community. In designing the lectures, drills, and activities during the camp, the application of argument at an IPDA tournament has been carefully considered.
Let me introduce you to the staff of the camp:
Adam Key: The current coach for Sam Houston State University (since 2008). He is a multi-champion and the reigning IPDA Professional Division National Champion. In the past two years, he coached eight IPDA national titles, set the record for season long professional points; as well as, coached a student to breaking the varsity season long points record two years in a row. Key coached a novice into the Varsity top ten in her first year of competition. Adam will be teaching audience analysis, delivery, and how to rhetorically handle various strategies.
Shane Puckett: The current coach for Louisiana Tech’s debate team. He was a former CEDA and Parli champion. Shane was first welcomed in to the IPDA community while coaching as a graduate student for Arkansas State University. He ran many tournaments and debate camps at Arkansas State University, Truman State University and Louisiana Tech University in various styles. Shane will teach the advanced strategies and tactics lectures.
Colby “The Cheese” Walker: Vice President of Technical Services of Communications One, a security telecommunications firm, he is the current captain of the LSU-Shreveport Debate Team. Starting with high school CX, Colby has competed since 1987 and holds a Quad Ruby Outstanding Distinction. On the colligate stage, winner of numerous trophies and tournaments since returning to IPDA he has competed in CEDA, LD, and IPDA. Colby will be conducting the procedural and round-vision of strategy lectures.
POSSIBLE Staff:
Marc Whitmore: An IPDA champion from the earlier days of the community. Constantly in the upper echelons of outrounds, Marc was beaten only by Keith Peterson (the first national champion in Open/Professional IPDA in 1998). Before competing in IPDA, Marc was 32nd in the world during the 1997 Worlds Universities Debate Championships in Stellenbousch, South Africa. He received a BA and MA from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. After competing and coaching for Arkansas State University, Marc worked for an educational charity, the English-Speaking Union in London. For years, he coordinated debates around the U.K. and led training and development for debate around the world. Marc will be teaching burdens and needs lectures.
The Structure of the Camp
The structure of the camp will have 3 days for lecture, drill, research and discussion; while the last two days of the camp will host a mock tournament. The schedule for the first three days will be as follows:
Sunday:
5:00pm – Camp welcoming and orientation
Monday:
8:00am – Introduction to the Tri-cot
9:30am – Practice drills framing resolutions
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Introduction to definition challenges, basic resolutional analysis.
Tuesday:
8:00am – Basic Negative Strategies
9:30am – Practice drills using negative strategies and “NC” impromptu practice
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Understanding the audience.
Wednesday:
8:00am – Improving your delivery.
9:30am – Practice drills “Speech re-do’s”
Noon – Lunch
1:30pm – Research OR (Optional) Advanced discussion of debate techniques for senior debaters
3:30pm – Tactics of on-case vs off-case arguments.
Lectures:
1. Introduction to the Tri-cot: understanding debate frameworks and how arguments apply. This lecture is designed to help the debaters read resolutions and understand the options they may pull from to create an equitable debate round. This lecture also will examine what types of arguments exist in different types of debates.
2. Introduction to definition challenges: basic resolutional analysis. This lecture is designed to explain the burdens of the Affirmative’s first speech; primarily the burdens within the words of the resolution and why the resolution is important. While the focus will center around the resolutional burdens being pressed by negative analysis, the discussion will include parts of the argument/what a complete resolutional burden argument looks like.
3. Basic Negative Strategies. This lecture will examine the use of artistic and inartistic proof as argumentation. It is design to help debaters understand the use and the power of mitigation, counter-warrant and argument turns on-case. The lecture will focus on the power and the strategic benefit of arguing on-case as the negative.
4. Understanding the audience. If you don’t know how to tailor you arguments then you’re losing half the battle. This lecture serves to help debaters meet the needs of various audiences.
5. Improving your delivery. This lecture will examine how to relate messages. There are certain delivery styles that are preferred. The lecture will cover methods to improve the “listening quality” of your arguments. It will discuss fluency, when and what rate is appropriate, etc.
6. Tactics of on-case vs off-case arguments. This lecture is designed to help debaters understanding the strength and weakness of both on-case and off-case arguments. Each have their own limitations; as well as, inherent benefits. Knowing these strengths and weakness will help you know what tactical decision to make.
Beyond these lectures, there will be advance debate discussions available for seasoned competitors during the research period. Not only are these discussions optional, but the topics will be selected daily by the participants.
On Thursday and Friday, we will start a full six round mock tournament with open disclosure in-round. This will be the cap to the camp; giving the debaters access to implement concepts and practice in a debate tournament environment. The tournament schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, August 16 Friday, August 17
8:00am – Round 1 8:00am – Elim 1
10:00am – Round 2 9:30am – Elim 2
Noon – Round 3 11:00am – Elim 3
2:00pm – Lunch 12:30pm – Lunch
3:00pm – Round 4 1:30pm – Debrief and Departure
5:00pm – Round 5
7:00pm – Round 6
Check in for the camp will be Sunday, August 12, 2012. Check-out for the camp will be Friday, August 17, 2012. The full cost for a room and the camp will be $150.00 per person. (If you don’t require a room, then its $40.00 per person.) Travel and food will be the responsibility of the campers. I’ve tried my hardest to keep the cost at a bare minimum to allow for the maximum access to the camp.
Entries/Registration is due by 5pm on May 11. Half of the camp’s tuition ($75.00 for those needing a room, $20.00 for commuters) is due on the following Friday, May 18, 2012. The rest is due at arrival (Sunday, August 17). To register, email Shane Puckett at [email protected] your name, sex and experience level. Please make checks payable to LOUISIANA TECH DEBATE. While I’ve tried to make credit card transactions available for registration, this is a “no go” for the university.
MAIL PAYMENT TO:
ATTN: Shane Puckett
Department of Speech
P.O. Box 3165
Ruston, LA 71272
If you have any questions, feel free to email me. I’m excited about the camp this summer, and I hope many of you can attend.
