Public Forum (PF) NSDA National Runners-up Interview

Evan Pan and Bradley Tidwell, the 2019 NSDA National Runners-up in Public Forum debate, share their advice for succeeding in the debate!
Bradley debated at All Saints Episcopal School for two years and was Public Forum Captain his senior year. During his time he qualified to the Texas State tournament, and to the NSDA national tournament both years. He also broke at nearly every TOC tournament he attended this year and broke deep at tournaments such as Bellaire, Plano West, University of Texas, Hockaday, the TFA state tournament, and many more. He also won speaker awards at Bellaire and Colleyville. Finally, outside of PF, he qualified to the tournament of champions in extemporaneous speaking. He attended VBI before his senior season.
Public forum debate (PF) is a type of current events debate which is a widespread form of high school debate in the U.S. Individuals give short (2-4 minute) speeches that are interspersed with 3 minute "crossfire" sections, questions and answers between opposed debaters. The winner is determined by a judge who also serves as a referee (timing sections, penalizing incivility, etc). The debate centers around advocating or rejecting a position, or "resolution", which is a proposal of a potential solution to a current events issue. Public forum is designed to be accessible to the average citizen.
Nathan Fair runs this channel. Nathan Fair is a finalist at the NSDA National Senior Open Tournament. Nathan Fair also broke to semifinals at the National Circuit and Tournament of Champions qualifying Caviler Invitational National Tournament. He has qualified for the NSDA and NCFL National Tournaments. I hope you learned something from this video.
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