We’re excited to be releasing our second Book Club post. This month, we have selected works curated by VBI staff members Christian Quiroz and Darius White focusing on works of racial justice. We are quite happy with the works we’ve selected and hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Due to the in-depth […]
Book Club
We’re excited to be releasing our very first Book Club post. This month, we have selected works curated by Director of Curriculum Marshall Thompson and Director of Publishing Lawrence Zhou. We are quite happy with the works we’ve selected and hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Feel free to leave comments or […]
Book Club
Check out our interview with VBI staffer Sekou Cisse. Sekou debated for Success Academy HS in NY and had 9 career TOC bids, winning the Byram Hills Invitational + RR, the Beltway fall classic, the Newark RR, the Berkeley RR, NYC Policy RR, Kandi King RR, the Harrison RR, and Harvard. Sekou currently attends and […]
Opinion, Resources
Victory Briefs is excited to announce the Victory Briefs Book Club! Every 2nd week of the month, we will post a link to one book, one article, and one podcast episode that we think debaters should read or listen to on Briefly, Facebook, and the r/Debate subreddit. The content will be hand-selected by Victory Briefs staff […]
Book Club, Resources
The LD Victory Briefs Card of the Day Subscription is back! Imagine that you could receive high-quality evidence cut by experienced coaches in your inbox every day for free. Wouldn’t that be great? We think so too. That is why we are back with the LD Victory Briefs Card of the Day Subscription. Sign up using […]
Community, Resources
The PF Victory Briefs Card of the Day Subscription is back! Imagine that you could receive high-quality evidence cut by experienced coaches in your inbox every day for free. Wouldn’t that be great? We think so too. That is why we are back with the PF Victory Briefs Card of the Day Subscription. Sign up using […]
Community, PF, Resources
For some reason, one of our popular articles on Vbriefly earlier in the year was a 2012 article called What’s in Your Debate Bag? I guess I understand why it’s popular: people like to know what other people are carrying. I know cause I watch a lot of tech channels and my favorite videos are […]
Resources
Each year, many students, parents, and teachers ask us about possible coaches for the upcoming debate season, and we are always happy to recommend our staff for coaching relationships. Private coaching arrangements, however, are often hard to organize and sustain throughout the year. They also rarely provide everything one looks for in a structured debate […]
Resources
With NSDA Nationals quickly approaching in just over a week, we thought we’d sit down and ask the most recent NSDA National Champion, Natalie Schaller, about preparing and competing at NSDA Nationals. This continues from an interview we did last year with the 2016 and 2014 NSDA National Champions, which you can find here. Natalie […]
Opinion, Resources
Raffi Piliero debated for Harrison High School for 4 years, clearing at the TOC twice, and finishing as bid leader his senior year. He also won several national tournaments and several top speaker awards, and now debates for Georgetown University. Introduction: Previously, I’d written an article about what to do to get ready or the season […]
Opinion, Resources