Training tools
The training tools turn a round you've already flowed into something to practice from. They all live in the
Coach Workspace (/coaching), and each also has its own page. Every one of
them starts from the same input: the current round, meaning the flow selected in the
round workspace (/debate). The Coach Workspace shows which round that is at
the top of every section, with a link to change it.
The Coach Workspace is the first tab of the Coaching page. AI Coach Mode, Coaching Programs, the Team Calendar and Coach Materials each have a tab of their own next to it, so the "own page" for each of those is its tab.
The workflow
- Flow the round in the round workspace, or open a saved one.
- Read it in the Flow section: the argument tree, per-argument summaries, and the exposure charts show what was answered, what was dropped, and where each side is vulnerable.
- Generate training in the Coaching section: coaching prompts and drills are derived from the flowed arguments, so they're specific to this round rather than generic.
- Practice, mark drills done, and come back for review reminders.
- Prep the next round in the Prep and Scouting sections: briefings pull scouting on the opponent and judge together with your team's prep notes.
Flow section
| Tool | Route | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Argument Tree Outline | /outline | A filterable outline of the round grouped by heading — filter by kind, side, speech, argument type, contributor, and evidence status, with an "unanswered only" toggle. |
| Speech Transcript Summaries | /summaries | One summary per flowed argument, with suggested cross-examination questions and extension ideas. |
| AI Response-Outcome Charts | /coaching/outcomes | Per-side exposure and the most vulnerable arguments, with a "what if" picker that recomputes exposure under a hypothetical extend, answer, or concede. |
| Shared Flow Sync | — | Previews a merge of a partner's concurrent edits to the same flow and applies it back into the round workspace. See Shared flow sync. |
| Flow Edit Log | — | The log of partner edits Shared Flow Sync merges from. |
The four pages that act on the current round — Outline, Outcomes, Drills, and Coaching — link to each other from a related tools row under their headers, so you can move between them without returning to the round workspace.
Coaching section
| Tool | Route | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| AI Coach Mode | /coaching?section=ai-coach | Extension, refutation, collapse, and weighing prompts generated from the round for one side. "Get AI feedback" expands any prompt into open-ended coaching; sessions keep a history and can be compared side by side or downloaded. |
| Practice Drills | /practice/drills | Overview, frontline, cross-ex, and collapse drills derived from the round, each with a difficulty rating, an optional AI-written script, a "mark practiced" toggle, and a review reminder. Practiced drills feed a practice tier. |
| Coaching Programs | /coaching?section=programs | A group coaching space scoped to a squad roster: a shared topic sprint, group-challenge standings, and drills on one board, plus roster analytics. |
| Coach Materials | /coaching?section=materials | Upload .docx/.txt/.md files or dictate by voice to ground the team coach AI, and preview which materials a question would draw on. |
Drill sets and coaching sessions are saved to your account when signed in, so they follow you across devices.
Prep section
Pre-Round Briefings and Prep Notes, plus the three Scouting tools below, also share one page of their own:
the Prep Workspace (/practice/prep), one tab per tool.
| Tool | Route | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Round Briefings | /practice/prep?section=briefings | One briefing per upcoming round: opponent scouting, judge tendencies, the head-to-head record, and free-text team prep notes. |
| Prep Notes | /practice/prep?section=notes | Live prep notes across every flow, grouped needs-follow-up → open → covered. Assigning a note to a teammate sends them a notification. |
| Flow Annotations | /annotations | Timestamped annotations tied to a specific flowed argument while watching a recorded round, with a jump back to the moment. |
Scouting section
| Tool | Route | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Opponent Team Profiles | /practice/prep?section=opponents | Records, Aff/Neg side tendencies, and the arguments and cases a team runs most. |
| Judge Profiles | /practice/prep?section=judges | Side-vote bias, average speaker points, speed tolerance, and theory receptiveness for every saved judge. |
| Scout-to-Strategy | /practice/prep?section=strategy | Turns those two profiles into a ranked list of case options with a judge-adaptation note each, and a matchup risk level. |
Practice section
The Coach Workspace's fifth section holds the practice tools — simulated rounds, rounds against the AI, and the paradigm and persona pickers they use. Those are covered in the Practice tools guide.
Tips
- Nothing to generate? Every "Generate … for current round" action is disabled until a round is selected.
The current-round bar at the top of the Coach Workspace says which round is selected and links to
/debateto flow or pick one. - Working on one tool? Open it as its own page from the chip in the section heading; the standalone page has the same data and a lighter layout.
- Sharing a section: the URL carries the open stage, e.g.
/coaching?stage=coaching. Older links that put the stage in?section=still open it.
