Victory Briefs/Public Forum Lesson: Offense vs Defense Fundamentals

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Public Forum Lesson: Offense vs Defense Fundamentals

This three-part lesson explains the concepts of "offense" and "defense" in debate, and provides basic strategies to deploy them in-round. 

Instructor: Tyler Katz

Wake Forest University '24. TOC qualifier, and champion of Cypress Bay. 

Contents

Section 1: What is Offense

by Tyler Katz

In this unit, you will learn about the different kinds of offense in public forum and how they apply to other parts of the flow.
Video 1
  • 7 mins
  • 52.4 MB
Debate Fundamentals - Disadvantages
    Activity 1

      Section 2: What is defense?

      In section 2, you will learn about what defense is in PF, how many different kinds of defense there are in PF and how they are different, and also how to win a round by reading defense.
      Video 2
      • 5 mins
      • 41.1 MB
      Activity 2
        Activity 3
          Activity 4
            Additional Resources

              Section 3: Offense vs Defense

              In section 3, you will learn about offense vs defense and which is more important in the context of the debate round and why. 
              Video 3
              • 4 mins
              • 23.7 MB
              Activity 5
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                  Activity 7