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Yes, the most time-efficient form of practice for BP (in my experience) was alternating opening speeches with a friend. 15+14+10 for reflexion≈40 minutes per sp

• ke88y 3y ago
  In parliamentary styles, practicing opening speeches is definitely at the top of the list in terms of effective drills. So much hinges on getting off on the correct foot. In other formats the first 2-4 speeches are verbatim pre-written, either entirely or as composable blocks. so you want to make sure those blocks can be chosen correctly and delivered efficiently but practicing beyond that point is not a huge help. But you can instead drill specific skills. I have a large pile of “10 minute round” templates that I specialize to each topic for the students. Each focuses on only a specific skill and usually in the second constructive or rebutttal phase (eg, answering a link turn). Typically students who complete those drills a few times each and participate in a few scrimmages will make it to out rounds at their first novice tournament.