Above: a joke graphic from Halloween 2000Debate Central http://debate.uvm.edu was founded in 1994 to provide debate instructional materials and information for free. It is a non-profit service of the University of Vermont. Unlike the avalanche of other sites that followed, Debate Central still exists, and it has remained a free service (unless you want to buy DVD copies of videos, etc.). It is so good that two other debate websites have copied its name without providing the same level of hard content. Good luck to them.
The website has recently experienced a makeover of all of its most popular pages.
The "Learn to Debate" page now lists many different debating formats, such as WUDC, American Policy debate, American Parliamentary debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, Public Forum Debate, Asian format debate, the World Schools Debate format and other formats as well. Each format is described and then there are links to basic instructional materials, training videos and sample debates.
The "Debate Instruction Videos" page now has links to all sorts of videos for all debate formats, including speeches and television discussions.
The old page was designed mostly for USA debaters, but now it is for all debaters in all formats. Watch for debates coming in languages other than English soon.
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