Blue Book Debate Camp California
September 25-29, 2008
Click on photo for larger view. For its third year strong, California has built a program that has sent many of its students to Nationals. Already this year, the first National Qualifier's final round sent four alumni to Nationals. Since then many more have qualified or went into out-rounds. The same is true for Lincoln Douglas students that attended the Red Book camp in Oregon and Colorado this season. NEW THIS YEAR: A larger facility and Lincoln-Douglas tracks will accompany California Debate Camp. See information below. Contact Darlene Townes for more information concerning Debate Camp California. Register Today: CLICK HERE. New Facility: A CASTLE! With more facility space than previous years, campers will be able to get the elbow-room to stretch their learning. Visit the website of Castle Point to find out more information.
NEW! Lincoln-Douglas Track For the first year, Training Minds Ministry is bringing Lincoln-Douglas to CA. Headed up by Kim Anderson (author of Red Book) with California's own Cody Herche (1st place L-D speaker 2005), students will receive top-notch teaching to give them the head-start in the competitive season.
2008 California Camp Costs
Both Team-Policy and Lincoln-Douglas cost the same. print costs chart After August 1 Before July 31 With Fundraiser
Students
All Campers receive 10% off required sourcebooks, free flowsheets, meals and lodging. Debate Camp $ 395 $ 356 $ 178
Parent-Coaches
Coaches receive meals and lodging at a significant discount. Debate Camp $ 297 $ 268 Not Avail
Non-Participating Attendees (Very limited)
Adults and children are welcome to attend Camp with their participating camper. The same lodging and meals campers enjoy are included in the package. There are two options: 1) Families can lodge together 2 people to a private room or 2) Several families sharing an all girls or all guys dormitory style room with bunk bed and large same gender bathrooms. The actual debate camper can be with their family, same gender friend, or same gender debate partner. Adults (over 12 years old) Children (12 and under) $ 197 $ 100 $ 168 $ 90 Not Avail Not Avail
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California: Team-Policy
Schedule subject to change Last updated 3/27/08
Thursday, September 25 (Day 1)
6:00 Registration of Debate Students 6:45 Welcome Debate Students (Debate Camp Coaches and Staff) 7:00 Debate Session 1 Introduction to the Resolution Topic (Coach Vance & Parks) Intro to the 2008-2009 NCFCA team-policy debate topic. Coach Vance, author of Blue Book and editor of Blue Book Advanced will present a summary of the most popular case ideas, explain in detail issues and strategic for Aff and Neg, and analyze topicality issues. 9:00 Debate Session 2 Novice: Debate and the Real World (Coach Parks) Students will learn the difference between "status quo" and "change" and give the case for debating as opposed to arguing. Real life applications are discussed, and debaters are given strategies for the case for change and the case for status quo. Advanced: NCFCA Topic Advanced Issues (Coach Vance) Advanced issues on the resolutional topic: Topicality analysis, common cases, generic Negative issues, etc. 10:00 End of Sessions 11:00 Lights out
Friday (Day 2)
Debate Camp Training 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Debate Camp Session 3 Novice: Overview of the Debate Round (Coach Parks) New debaters are walked through the details of the debate round and explained speaker responsibilities. Debaters are given an overview of how to best take advantage of Camp.
Advanced: Analysis & Refutation (Coach Vance) Logical thinking and analysis to defeat opponents' evidence when you have none of your own. 10:30 Debate Camp Session 4 Novice: Affirmative Case Construction (Coach Parks) Students will learn how persuasive cases are put together. The various types of cases are discussed. Students learn how to build cases that cover the main stock issues. Advanced: Affirmative Case Construction (Coach Vance) Students will learn the secrets to successful case writing and how to avoid the most common pitfalls of case writing. Extending cases to build strong 2A evidence is explored. 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Debate Camp Session 5 Advanced: What Judges Are Looking For (Coach Vance) Champion debaters are constantly adapting to what the judge wants to see. Debaters will learn how to make adaptations that will help gain the winning ballot. 2:00 Debate Camp Session 6 Flowing Lecture (Coach Vance) A Debate Camp motto is "Flow every time: that, my friend, is the bottom line." However, flowing is the most underrated technique of debating. Debaters will gain the knowhow of flowing the round (free flowsheets provided at the beginning of the camp). Flowing Lab (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) Sample cases and briefs will be delivered to the entire group, and coaches will help students flow them properly on their flowsheets. 4:00 Debate Camp Session 7 Strategic Negative Debating (Coach Parks) "Thinking like a Pirate" - this lecture shows how the Negative team works as a partnership to come up with strategies and a division of labor to use their available resources to attack the Affirmative where the Aff is most vulnerable and to maintain that strategy through the round for a Negative ballot. 5:00 Dinner 6:00 Debate Camp Session 8
Speaker Points and How to Earn Them (Coach Parks) Debaters are given strategic secrets from the perspective of the NCFCA judge to help turn ballots into high speaker points.
7:30 Debate Camp Session 9 Practice Debate #1 (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) Debate teams are matched and coaches lead them through the first round of the year. Students who come to Camp without their partners will be notified two weeks prior to camp of their assigned partner. The most advanced students will be required to debate first. NOTE: These are not tournament rounds. Though a "winner" is declared by the coach in the end, the coach helps the students through to make it an educational experience. All students are required to observe and flowsheets will be handed in by all students. 10:00 End of Sessions 11:00 Lights out
Saturday (Day 3)
Debate Camp Training 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Debate Camp Session 10 Novice: Evidence (Coach Parks) Debaters are explained how evidence is used, how to defeat the other guy's evidence, and stock issue recognition. Advanced: Evidence (Coach Vance) Debaters are given strategic analysis of evidence, how to respond and defeat evidence, and a list of source indictments. 10:00 Debate Camp Session 11 Cross-Examination (Coach Vance, Parks) Debaters are taught how to ask the right questions, avoid stupid questions, ask about the right issues, avoiding pitfalls in CX, effective answering, and setting up arguments for partners. Cross-Examination Lab (Coach Vance) Debaters practice good flowing techniques that prepare them for effective CX questioning. Student receive an advanced copy of an unpublished case to use in a CX drill that strengthens their cross-examination.
12:00 Lunch 1:00 Debate Camp Session 12 Debate Practice #2 (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) The next-most-experienced students are scheduled to a debate practice. Observing students are required to flow the round and hand in their flowsheets for analysis. 3:30 Debate Camp Session 13 Debate Practice #3 (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) The next-most-experienced students are scheduled to a debate practice. Observing students are required to flow the round and hand in their flowsheets for analysis. 6:00 Dinner 7:00 Debate Camp Session 14 Disadvantages (Coach Parks) Debaters will learn how to pull off a most successful negative block to run concrete and effective disads that will help win ballots in the round. 7:30 Debate Camp Session 15 Practice Debate #4 (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) The next-most-experienced students are scheduled to a debate practice. Observing students are required to flow the round and hand in their flowsheets for analysis. 10:00 End of Sessions 11:00 Lights out
Sunday (Day 4)
Worship, recreation time, Debate Camp Training 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Worship service 11:00 Lunch (bag lunch provided) 12:00 Free time; recreation 1:30 Debate Camp Session 16
Choice 1: Solvency (Coach Parks) Debaters will learn how to spot problems with Affirmative cases' solvency points as well as how to defeat Affirmative solvency evidence, even when the Aff seems so right. Solvency is what most judges vote on in the round, so students will need to take this very seriously. Choice 2: Inherency (Coach Vance) All debaters--novice and advanced--confuse the voting issue of inherency. Debaters will learn the intricacies of inherency and develop strategies that will make this voting issue an advantage in the round. 2:30 Debate Camp Session 17 Debate Practice #5 (Coaches Vance, Parks, Jeub, Ryan) The most-novice students are scheduled to a debate practice. Trained alumni students will sit side-by-side the first-year debaters to assist them in debating while the coaches flow. Observing students are required to flow the round and hand in their flowsheets for analysis. 5:00 Dinner 6:00 Debate Camp Session 18 Debate Practice #6 (All Parent-Coach Campers) All debaters will have had a round to be coached through by the staff coaches. This round EVERYONE debates the other side from what they were coached, and the participating parentcoaches will serve as judges. 8:00 Debate Camp Session 19: Debate Electives Choice 1: Minor Repairs & Counterplans (Coach Vance) When and how to run a minor repair that will solve the Affirmative team's harms without significantly changing the status quo. When and how to run a counterplan that is not topical to the resolution but will solve the Affirmative's harms better than they do. Choice 2: Topicality & Extra-Topicality (Coach Parks) The issues of topicality and extra-topicality are often confused by beginners. Debaters will learn the proper perspective of the stock issue of topicality, when to run a topicality argument, and when not to leave well enough alone. Choice 3, 4: Other Sessions (Coaches Jeub, Ryan, Kim, Cody) Other opportunities to learn taught by all TMM coaches. Student get to choose a session to go to. Other Possible Topics (see below) 9:30 Voting for the Final Showdown 10:00 End of Sessions
11:00 Lights out
Monday (Day 5)
Final Showdown, Conclusion of Camp 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Debate Camp Session 20 Final Showdown (Coaches Vance and Parks, Jeub flowing) Coaches Vance and Parks, partners from the 1980's, end each team-policy debate camp with a "final showdown." Teams are welcome to petition for a chance to debate Vance and Parks by giving a 2-minute campaign speech to the rest of the student body. A straw poll is taken the night before. Coach Jeub flows the round on the whiteboard, and discussion on the round follows. 11:00 Concluding words 12:00 End of Debate Camp Lunch is not provided on Day 5.