DebateDrills is the leading speech and debate tutoring service in the United States. Hundreds of students, from brand new debaters to national champions, have benefited from our structured tutoring from world-class instructors.
DebateDrills is the leading speech and debate tutoring service in the United States. All of our students, from brand new debaters to national champions, have benefited from our structured tutoring from world-class instructors. DebateDrills Tutors have helped over 500 students win countless tournaments, including local, national, and international competitions. We have completed 6000+ hours of online 1-on-1 speech and debate tutoring using proven teaching methods and in-house materials.
“I honestly thought that I improved more in 5 hours of tutoring than I had at all the debate camps I had been to in previous summers (combined).”
- Nirmal Balachundar | B.S. Northwestern University
9th Place, 2017 Varsity Harvard Invitational
“I personally found myself making leaps within single sessions.”
- Ishan Timalsina | B.S. University of California, San Diego
In our experience, many debate educators often focus on content and lectures instead of implementation. Our approach is the opposite.We rarely lecture and prefer free flowing conversations where students feel free to speak their mind and be equal participants in the conversation. This creates trust between student and instructor and ensures students feel comfortable making mistakes in the sessions, allowing faster progress. As trends evolve, so does strategy, and elite coaches must adapt to the game. We pride ourselves on staying ahead of the curve and students consistently approach us because of how effective our teaching techniques are.
Our approach to tutoring is uniquely individualized and detailed. We initially assess and determine each students’ weaknesses while onboarding them into our program. We help decide the best tutor, and work with our tutors to create custom lesson plans using our in-house teaching philosophy and methods. We use a professional suite of software to provide seamless and effective online education that allows for flexible learning and scheduling. Click below to view our offering in more detail:
Individualized Learning Assessment (ILA)
Tutor Matching
Intensive 1-on-1 Tutoring in Structured Learning Progressions
Instructor Quality Control
Access to Exclusive DebateDrills Video Library
Professional Online Software and Seamless User Experience
Debate education is most effective when it’s iterative and consistent. If you are training to be an Olympic athlete, you don’t train only when it is convenient. Similarly, the benefits from participating in academic debate are most impactful when students and instructors have the time to build strong argumentative bases and develop skill-sets over time. Accordingly, we offer subscription based tutoring to students interested in improving at the art of debate. Our approach to tutoring is uniquely individualized and detailed.
Families can work with our champion instructors at the following three (3) price points:
Instructor Tiers
Rate Per Hour
Tier 1 - Associate Tutor
$90 per Session
Tier 2 - Lead Tutor
$120 per Session
Tier 3 - Expert Tutor
$150 per Session
We tier our tutors as "Associate", "Lead", and "Expert" based on the number of hours they have tutored with us. We do not offer pay-as-you-go tutoring. All families tutoring with DebateDrills must purchase a subscription package. Click on a tab below to see detailed pricing for subscriptions:
Monthly Subscription
Details
# Hours In Package
Four (4) Hours
Associate Tutor Cost
$360
Lead Tutor Cost
$480
Expert Tutor Cost
$600
Paras is one of the most accomplished private debate coaches in history. Since 2011, he has completed more than 5,000 hours of 1-on-1 debate tutoring online. Over that time, Paras has developed dynamic programs for all ages and skill levels that take students from novices to national champions. As Managing Partner of DebateDrills, Paras has limited availability and requests families commit to minimum 10 hours of 1-on-1 tutoring if they want to work with him. He charges $300/session. You can purchase a package below.
Credit Card (Processing Fees Included)($3,089.91)
Bank Transfer ($3,000)
“In a matter of months, Paras turned me into one of the most technical and strategically thinking debaters in the United States. He has mastered coaching the game of Lincoln-Douglas debate and it was incredible to get to know him and work with him.”
Rex Evans | Most Successful 10th Grade Debate Season in Competitive 1-on-1 Debate History
“Paras is a world class debater and coach. Being able to pick his brains for ideas, arguments, and strategy for 4 years has made me the debater I am today. There’s nothing quite like it. You have to work with him once to understand.”
Anthony Ma | 2017 California State Champion (1st out of 3000+ competitors)
“I think Paras understands competitive debate at a deeper level than anyone else in the United States. He is a subject matter expert at cost-benefit analysis, debate theory/strategym and technical execution. He made sure I was persuasive, coherent, strategic and word efficient. He was a friend, mentor, coach, and big brother to me. The work I did with Paras was instrumental to my success. If you get the opportunity to tutor 1-on-1 with him, do it seriously and work hard—you will improve, rapidly.”
Parker Whitfill | 2017 United States National Champion (1st out of 3000+ competitors)
“Debate tutoring with Paras improved my technical debating far beyond anything I had done before. His meticulous insistence on repeating speeches till perfection is particularly commendable. Before my senior year, my confidence in executing high-stakes procedural debates was shaky, but Paras helped me develop a new area of strategy that I felt confident staking big debates on. Tutoring with Paras also improved my broad understanding of debate strategy. My skill in structuring final rebuttals, recognizing explicit argument interaction, and effectively instructing judges on argument resolution vastly improved.”
Ishan Bhatt | 2019 United States National Champion (1st out of 3000+ competitors)
“Paras is, without a doubt, the best debate tutor in the United States. He taught me lasting debate skills I still use today in my everyday life. You should tutor with Paras if you want to learn lasting debate skills and are willing to work hard.
Brennan Caruthers | 5th Place (out of 400+ competitors) at 2013 UC Berkeley Invitational
“I tutored extensively with Paras as a top competitor vying for the National Championship during the 2011-2012 season. The time he put in with me was game-changing, helping me finish the 2011-2012 debate season as a consensus top-5 debater in the United States and 3rd place at the 2012 National Championship. Though I learned from Paras over a decade ago, what I remember most vividly is that Paras had a uniquely exceptional ability to teach difficult concepts in a clear and intuitive manner.”
Regan Grishaber | 2012 Top-5 Consensus Nationally Ranked Debater
“I did hundreds of hours of debate tutoring with Paras. I think it’s pretty safe to say that anyone who has worked with Paras has noticed huge improvements in short periods of time. Anyone who wants to be nationally competitive would be silly to waste an opportunity to work with someone who has a unique talent and knowledge base in teaching and working with debaters from all types of backgrounds.”
Katherine Fennell 2016 New York State Champion
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
DebateDrills is proud to have a highly accomplished tutoring staff. Our coaches have championed every major regular season and postseason national championship in the United States and represent a collection of the most successful debaters in history. Families can pick specific instructors to work with, subject to availability. All of our available instructors are listed below along with their current experience level. Click on any instructors photo to read their bio and background.
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