Debating can be intimidating. We coach to help make it exhilarating!
We “train minds for action” (1 Peter 1:13 sic.), preparing young people to take on the challenges of thinking, speaking and persuading. We do this by providing the best coaches available to train student to participate in their speech and debate leagues. The particular camps and other services we provide are explained below.
Training Minds Camp
Leagues release their debate resolutions in the spring or summer. Training Minds Camp kicks off the year with fresh information and the strategic plans for making the best of your upcoming year.
Training Minds flies all of their best coaches into Colorado for a week of speech and debate training. Some of the top speakers and debaters in the nation attend Training Minds Camp, as our success page shows, and the week is spent learning and sparring with the best.
Topics covered include
- Team-Policy Debate
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Parliamentary Debate
- Interpretive Speeches
- Platform Speeches
- Limited-Prep Speeches
- Coaching Classes
Training Minds Camp registration opens January every year. Hope to see you there!
Nationals Intensive Training Camp (NITC)
The national tournament in your league is special. If you made it there, you don’t want to take your competitive edge for granted. These are the best of the best in your league, and you’ll want to make the best of the opportunity.
The problem is that most in your league have not qualified. Tournaments are over, and you’re not top of your game. Round 1 at the most important tournament of your year will likely be clunky at best.
The solution: the National Intensive Training Camp. We pronounce it “nit-see.” Register for this camp and we’ll meet at a disclosed location the weekend before nationals. Coaches will make sure you’re prepared for your rounds. NITC students…
…will receive the Blue/Red Final Installment, a collaboration of cases and briefs.
…will brainstorm specific rebuttals against popular teams and their cases.
…will connect with competitors from across the nation.
…will trade flows from previous competitions from corners of the country they never debated before.
…will enjoy the camaraderie and friendship from likeminded, serious competitors from across the nation.
Once you’ve received your qualifying slot to nationals (NCFCA or Stoa), be sure to get registered for NITC!
Curriculum Development
Training Minds coaches write a lot of curriculum every year. Most of the curriculum is published with the ministry’s sister organization, Monument Publishing. The works are branded with the following colors:
- Blue – Team-Policy Debate
- Red – Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Gold – Extemp and Parli Debate
- Silver – Apologetics
- Emerald – Literary Interpretive Events
- Platinum – Platform Speaking
Visit Monument Publishing and browse the curriculum and resources available. They are written by the best coaches in the country!
Personal Coaching & Tournaments
Training Minds Ministry offers more than just camps. We have underwritten speech and debate tournaments, offered online classes, given personal coaching sessions, flown coaches out to train individual clubs, and even run our own clubs. We love what we do, that’s for sure!
Would you like to inquire more about these things? Fill out the contact form below and explain your inquiry. Someone will reply soon.
