IPDC Training Camp
Target Students: Primary and Secondary students preparing for IPDC
Duration:
Full Camp: 4 classes, 120 min per class
Half Camp: 2 classes, 120 min per class
Location: Online
Description:
This course builds a strong foundation in IPDC so that students are not
confused by format or roles when they enter the real competition.
Students learn exactly what happens in an IPDC round, who does what,
and how judges think about performance.
Across two sessions, students move from simply understanding the rules
to actually applying them to the real IPDC 2026 topic set. They will watch
or simulate debates, practice short speeches, and start building arguments
and rebuttals on the actual motions they may face.
20 Dec
10am to 12noon
IPDC Format
Speaker Roles
Argument & Rebuttal Construction
Sample Debate
1. Learn the structure of an IPDC round,
including timing, order of speeches
and basic rules.
2. Understand the speaker roles and
responsibilities for each position
(1st Speakers, 2nd Speakers,
Reply Speakers, and POI expectations).
3. Learn how to construct arguments
and rebuttals comprehensively.
4. Walk through the judging perspective,
what do adjudicators reward and penalize in IPDC.
5. Watch a sample IPDC style debate video
or run a short demonstration debate in class. Students identify where each speaker fulfilled
or failed their role.
27 dec
10am to 12noon
Motion Analysis
Thematic
Analysis
Argument
Brainstorming for
IPDC Research Topics
1. Teach a clear, simple motion analysis process for IPDC.For example. identify actor, action, goal, stakeholders and likely clashes.
2. Review the released IPDC 2026 topics and group them into key themes and issue areas.
3. Guide students through sample motion breakdowns from the released topic set
and elicit possible arguments for each side.
4. Small group drills. students prepare mini cases on IPDC 2026 research topics and practice giving constructive arguments and simple rebuttals.
5. Wrap up with a short reflection on how to use the period after camp to deepen research on the released motions, and identify the key areas to research.
29 Dec
10am to 12noon / 12noon to 2pm
Motion Types
Strategies and Advanced Motion Analysis
1. Explore the different types of motions in competitive debates and understand how they change burdens for speakers in each debate.
(Types to be covered are Policy Motions, Belief Motions, Regret Motions, Hypothetical Motions, Support/Oppose Motions, Actor Motions)
2. Classify the IPDC 2026 motions into
motion types.
3. For each motion type, build a simple strategy guide for the IPDC 2026 research motions. Common burdens, likely clashes, what good proposition and opposition cases look like.
4. Show how motion type changes strategic choices, style of case, balance of principle
vs practicality, use of examples, and level of mechanism detail.
5. Group exercise: students each take one released motion, identify the motion type,
write a short strategy brief for both sides,
and present it to the class.
30 dec
10am to 12noon / 12noon to 2pm
Motion Analysis
Advanced
Analysis
Argument Brainstorming for
IPDC Research Topics
1. Understand framing, characterization and round setup in concrete, IPDC friendly terms. How you decide what matters most in the round before any clash happens.
2. Show examples of effective framing for IPDC. How a good first speech narrows the round, defines fair burdens and sets up your side to win down the bench.
3. Teach practical tools for characterization. Turning actors, stakeholders or institutions into vivid, specific pictures that judges can believe and compare.
4. Work through model introductions for real IPDC 2026 motions. students practice first two minutes of a 1st Opp or 1st Prop speech that focuses on framing and setup rather than details of content.
5. Run a sample advanced debate on one real competition topic. Focus feedback on framing, setup, weighing language and control of the narrative rather than basic structure only.
6. Conclude with a short planning segment where students set personal goals and create a pre tournament preparation checklist using the camp tools.