Public forum debate flow template

How do you keep track of everything that goes on in a debate round? It can become hard at times to keep up during dense debates about a specific type of philosophy or policy, let alone multiple of these contentions.

Think about taking notes in class, and how it serves to help you remember key concepts and actively pay attention. The same idea applies to debate, where a debater always takes notes on what happens in the round, as well as their responses to their opponent.

This note-taking in debate is called , which is the key idea of this lesson. Keeping track of what your opponent says while planning what you want to say next is important. Flowing ensures that you aren’t dropping any arguments and are thoroughly covering everything in the debate with well-thought responses.