DebateBoost

No partner? No coach available? Practice anyway.

DebateBoost lets you run full rounds or drill a single speech in LD, PF, and Policy — and get instant feedback that quotes your exact words. No scheduling a partner, no waiting on a coach's time, no hundreds of dollars for prep help.

Built for beginners and competitive debaters alike.

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A focused high school student studying debate at a desk with a laptop and handwritten notes.
More confident speechesbuilt one practice at a time
Train in Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy, WS and PDP
Practice single-speech drills or Run complete rounds.
Get Instant Feedback. Iterate!

Practice on your schedule.

Set up a practice by picking a topic.
Set up
Record a speech on the current Lincoln-Douglas resolution.
Record
Feedback with an overall score and content, style, and strategy.
Feedback

Specific, actionable feedback

Feedback
that points to
your exact words.

Every piece of feedback is grounded in what you actually said. DebateBoost quotes your words back to you, explains what worked and what didn't, and tells you specifically how to improve — the way a great coach would after a round.

Framework

Needs work

What you did. Named a value without a test the judge can use.

Why it matters. Without a criterion, nothing decides which impact wins.

Try this next. We win if we better protect justice, measured by who bears the harm.

Evidence

Not ready

What you did. Cited a source that never reaches the impact.

Why it matters. A card that does not link does not prove the claim.

Try this next. This study shows the harm, so the impact follows under our value.

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Questions

Do I need a partner?

No.

What do I need?

A laptop/phone and a mic.

Is it free?

Free for the season if you're in the tester cohort.

I'm a total beginner — is this for me?

Yes, start with our step-by-step walkthrough or a single speech.