Debate · Tools
Debate tools
Free tools for practice rounds, club meetings and tournaments. They work on a laptop or a phone, and everything you make stays in this browser.
Debate timer
Every speech in order for each format, prep time for each side, warnings, hand signals and a clock you can read across the room.
Open →Flow sheet
Take notes the way debaters do: a column for each speech, arguments in rows, arrows from each answer to what it answers. Printable blank flows too.
Open →Case builder
Contentions built from claim, warrant, evidence and impact, definitions, and a value and criterion for Lincoln-Douglas. Print it or save it as text.
Open →Practice drills
A random resolution, impromptu prep, steelman it, four-step rebuttals, cross-examination, a fallacy spotter and weighing practice.
Open →Judge's ballots
Printable ballots for each format, a simple scoring sheet for practice rounds, and what judges look for.
Open →Saving your work
Your flows, cases, timer settings and drill scores are saved in this browser only; nothing is sent anywhere. To move them to another computer or keep a copy, save a backup file here and load it on the other device.
New to debate? Start with Learn to Debate, pick a format on the formats pages, or choose a resolution from Debates with Both Sides.