Private Coaching
A powerful option to
accelerate your growth.
Work with a national-circuit debate coach to focus and personalize your learning or improve debate results, one-on-one or with partners.
tournament readiness packages
These packages focus on preparing individuals and partners for upcoming tournaments. The standard 6-week package meets weekly, and the 3-week intensive package meets twice weekly.
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6-Week Tournament Readiness Coaching (Individual)
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6-Week Tournament Readiness Coaching (Team/Partner)
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3-Week Intensive Tournament Readiness Coaching (Individual)
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3-Week Intensive Tournament Readiness Coaching (Team/Partner)
Prep and Skills Packages
Prep and Skills packages focus on providing tailored support for debaters. Prep packages include starter files such as blocks and cases, with coaching support to personalize prep. Skills packages target debaters’ areas of improvement. Coaches run tailored drills to turn weaknesses into strengths. Both packages meet weekly.
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4-Week Prep Coaching (Individual)
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4-Week Prep Coaching (Team/Partner)
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6-Week Skills Coaching (Individual)
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6-Week Skills Coaching (Team/Partner)
Interested in a Private Coach?
Interested students should fill out this form to note their availability and areas of concern/reason for private coaching so that we can best match you with one of our elite national-circuit debate coaches. For custom packages, please describe how we can support you in the Additional Notes field below.
Private Coaching Benefits
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Focus On Your Needs.
Some students need to learn how to adapt to judges better, others need to practice their impact comparison – regardless of their needs, private coaching is a tool to help them dig deep into the content they need to learn.
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Make progress faster.
Accelerate your learning with focused lessons and personalized content. Students work 1:1 or in small groups to focus on specific areas of interest and hone their skills.
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Helpful at all levels.
We’ve seen it in action. Private coaching helps everyone, from new students just starting out to nationally ranked debaters working to overcome specific obstacles.
Benefits of Debate
Public Speaking & Logical Reasoning Skills
Debate turns students into confident, effective public speakers, as well as stronger interpersonal communicators. It strengthens one’s logical reasoning, critical thinking, research and writing skills, and more.
Better Standardized Test Scores
Studies show that students who engage in debate do better on standardized tests, including the SAT and ACT.
Stronger Academic Performance
Studies also show that students who debate have higher grades in school, on average.
Higher College Admission Chances
Colleges love to see debate listed on a student application. It shows them that the applicant is passionate about something outside of school, has strong public speaking skills, and is well-versed in current events.
A note on student growth
from our founder
One of the most heartwarming things to see as a debate coach is the growth of a student who transforms as someone who was previously shy or unconfident to someone who is more than willing to advocate for themselves.
