Unit 3 · Lesson 3• 26 min

Pre-Round Habits and Mental Game

Today's lesson

What you do in the ten minutes before…

Quick Check

1. Why is it important to treat each round as an independent event during a tournament?
2. Which of the following belongs on a solid pre-round checklist?
3. True or False?
"Physical basics like eating and sleeping have no real effect on debate performance later in a tournament day."
4. Why is it useful to pre-agree on a fallback strategy for an unfamiliar motion before the round even starts?

Answer all 4 questions to check.

A challenge round will appear here shortly.

Takeaway

Run a quick pre-round logistics checklist, mentally reset after every round regardless of outcome, and take…