CTMSDL Videos

Videos for Judges

This video explains how a judge should start an extemporaneous CTMSDL round.

1st Opp speech with judge explanation of speaker score from the demo debate on lowering the voting age.

1st Prop speech from a summer 2025 demo debate on lowering the voting age. You can find the full debate with judge feedback in the Example Debate Rounds section below.

2nd Opp speech with judge explanation of speaker score from the demo debate on lowering the voting age.

A judge explains the speaker score he assigned to the 1st Prop speech from the demo debate on lowering the voting age.

Videos for Debaters

Beginning a Speech: introducing yourself & the motion.

Calling a Point of Order (POO): when, how, and why to call one.

Defining Terms: what and how to define terms in constructive speeches.

All About Points of Information (POIs)

Signposting: how to deliver an organized debate speech.

How to conclude speeches.

Example Debate Rounds

Full Demo Debate: THW Lower the Voting Age. With judge feedback. July 2026.
2022 Championship Final Round: This House, as the U.S. Federal Government, would institute a Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Full Demo Debate: THW require corporate boards to have women members. August 2020.
Full Demo Debate: THW not assign homework to students in grades K-5. July 2026.
2021 December Final Round: THW boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Full Demo Debate: THW hold sports teams accountable for the off field behavior of players. Summer 2025.
Full Demo Debate: This House regrets the worldwide proliferation of surveillance cameras. August 2020.