Beginner Level (Foundational Debate)

• Experience Required: None. This level is open to all students with no prior experience in competitive public speaking or debate.

• What They Learn: Designed to build foundational speaking confidence and establish essential academic communication skills. Students learn the core mechanics of a debate round—including basic speech timing and active listening systems—while mastering the "Claim, Warrant, Impact" framework to turn raw opinions into structured, persuasive arguments. By the end of this course, students will know how to take systematic notes ("flowing") during a presentation and confidently speak from structured evidence in a supportive, low-stakes mini-tournament.

Intermediate Level (Applied Strategy)

• Experience Required: Open to students who have completed introductory debate coursework (either at another program or through the Warrior Intensive Summer Camp). Students should already be familiar with basic speech layouts, active note-taking, and standard argument structure.

• What They Learn: This level transitions students from basic public speaking into strategic, evidence-based advocacy. Focuses on analyzing complex, multi-sided topics to build comprehensive research maps. Students learn to construct deep cases using multi-step cause-and-effect links, execute organized line-by-line refutations (learning how to turn an opponent’s argument into an advantage), and weaponize questioning periods to extract strategic concessions.

Advanced Level (Competitive Mastery)

• Experience Required: Open to students who possess intermediate training (coursework or summer camp) and have competed in at least one official, competitive debate tournament.

• What They Learn: Designed to prepare active competitors to win rounds and dominate on the tournament circuit. Pushes students into high-level strategic decision-making, framework clashing (learning how to use a central ethical rule to filter out all opposing arguments), and comparative "even-if" impact weighing. Students master advanced speech-writing techniques like integrating defensive pre-emptions ("spikes") directly into their opening cases, grouping complex arguments into multi-point rebuttal blocks, and adapting their delivery style to persuade any type of judge.