Coaching

Ethan offers individual or team-based coaching. His philosophy: Success in debate doesn’t come from crafting a flawless argument, but from delivering the right message to the right judge. Ethan will meet you where you are, and employ strategies, drills, and advice that will enhance your rhetoric and ability to communicate. Price: $17/hr.

Details:

• The first session is free. Y'all will go over expectations, scheduling, payment, and any concerns. You can cancel at anytime. Meaning it doesn't hurt at all to sign up for just the first session 😉

Aubrey offers individual or team-based coaching. Her approach to Team Policy coaching focuses on teaching students how to think, not what to think. Rather than scripting arguments, Aubrey focuses on developing strategic thinkers who can adapt to any round. She emphasizes building a unified partnership, helping teams communicate and trust each other both in and out of round. For her, a team is not two speakers who present separate speeches, it's about presenting a cohesive, compelling story to the judge. Price: $20/hr

Her coaching sessions focus on: Strategic Storytelling, Relational Teamwork, Critical Thinking Growth. 

Adriaan excels at assisting debaters in gathering a deeper understanding of the resolution and always having a better response than their opponent. His philosophy in debate consists of one idea, having a deeper understanding of the resolution than one’s opponent should allow anyone to win any round. He teaches both a deep understanding of Lincoln Douglas, and tools which allow debaters to translate that understanding into better rounds, records, and placings. Price: $25/hr

Ellie offers individual or team-based coaching. For Team Policy coaching, she provides topical knowledge, critical thinking and debate skills, rhetorical training, practice, and real-time feedback. She is happy to adapt to the student's goals and concentrate efforts to foster growth in targeted areas. For Apologetics coaching, Ellie provides deep insight into particular topics, extensive resources, and overall strategies for approaching a broad range of theological questions with confidence and grace. Her coaching aims to help students achieve success, but also to discover a love of learning for its own sake. Prices: TP- $30/hr. Apol- $20/hr

Silas offers individual or team-based coaching. His mission is to offer affordable coaching for newer to intermediate competitors to either get you confident enter your first round or take your existing skills much further. His philosophy is to focus on understanding what judges look for in rounds in order to know how to present content in the most effective way. Debate is not as much about beating your opponent as it is convincing your judge and doing so with reason and grace. His goal is to equip you with the tools to debate effectively and the skills to analyze rounds helping you grow in both rhetorical eloquence and effectiveness in argumentations. Price: $25/hr