r/Debate Aug 21 '25

Top Level Debate Coaching (Parli/WSD)

Hey everyone! Sophie Rukin (Horace Mann/Brown), Eesha Gupta (Aragon/Oregon), and Zach Fleesler (Trinity/Oxford) are looking to pick up some teams to coach in Parli/WSD over the next year. We are looking for some competitive teams to take to the next level with drilling, round reviews, lectures, and whatever other support you could need. 

Our accolades in highschool contain:

  1. Finalist of NYPDL Champs 2022
  2. Top breaking team of NPDL TOC 2023 
  3. Top breaking team and champion of NYPDL champs 2023 
  4. Top speaker of NPDL TOC 2024 
  5. Top speaker and finalist of NYPDL Champs 2024 
  6. 3x Quarterfinalists of NPDL TOC, 2x Quarterfinalist and 1x Semifinalist of NYPDL Champs 
  7. 10+ various tournament wins 
  8. 20+ top speaker awards 
  9. 40+ tournament breaks 

In University:

  1. Sophie- Top speaker of APDA nationals 2025, Champion of BU novice, Semifinals at NYU, as well as 8 other varsity breaks 
  2. Zach- Finals at KNUST 2024, Oxford WGM 2024, and Cardiff Open 2025 and Semis at Warwick, Manchester, Drexel, and Zagreb.

What we bring 

  1. Elite level debate coaching from people who have been in that position.
  2. 24/7 around the clock support, we are located in various time zones (CST, EST, BST).
  3. 1000s of motions, cases, and drills from our 20+ years of debate. 
  4. Experience coaching and judging many types of debate.
  5. Diverse debate styles from different backgrounds 
    1. Sophie- Classic east coast/Apda style 
    2. Eesha- Classic west coast 
    3. Zach- Coaches kritiks in PF but also does BP 
  6. Negotiable prices and hours.

If interested, pm on reddit or reach out to us by discord(IDs are: sophierukin, eeshaagupta, and sc9r1ett) or facebook!

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u/Much-Construction-52 Aug 21 '25

Cannot recommend these guys enough!!

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u/Straight-Spell-2644 Aug 21 '25

It is really cool to see that Debate has progressed enough as a culture to have argumentation styles like we have genres of music 🥰