LibGuides: Debating: Debating Techniques and Skills

Getting Technical

Consult the Tasmanian Debating Union Rules to see the requirements for:

The Australia-Asia Debating Guide
The Australia-Asia Debating Guide - this is the official guide to debating in Australia, published by the Australian Debating Federation.
TDU skills notes
This page provides advice on:
1) developing models in your debate
2) Rebuttals
3) the Burden of Proof (ie proving your team's case)
4) Structure
Debating wiki
A selection of notes on different aspects of debating - ignore the ads.
Resources from DAV
Debating Association of Victoria - lots of resources on different aspects of debating.
Points of Information
DAV podcast episode discussing points of information
Points of Information - SADA
Points of information - 2-page clear guide from the South Australia Debating Association
Guide to speaker roles - SADA
Explanation of the roles of each speaker, from the South Australia Debating Association
Definitions, models and tests - SADA
A guide to giving definitions, creating models (normative debates) and using tests (empirical debates) - from South Australian Debating Association.
Guide to Rebuttal - SADA
How to give rebuttals - South Australian Debating Association.
Points of Information - QDU
Points of Information - succinct explanations from the Queensland Debating Union

The 2022 National Schools Debating Championships have kindly provided videos of some of the 2022 competition debates.