Example Debate: Gymnastics -- 見本の討論、体操

Proposition: Gymnastics is creative.
提案　体操は創造的・独創的なのです。

Prepared statements in the affirmative included
先から用意された賛成言明

• Gymnastics requires creative use of both the body and the mind.（体操には、体も脳も創造的に使う必要あります。）
• Gymnastics competitions include specifically creative events, including dance and performance with apparatus.（体操の大会には、ダンスや器械体操など、創造力や独創力を指摘する項目があります。）
• Even learning to perform set skills requires creativity.（決まった技能の演義にも独創力が必要です。）
• Each event include difficulty elements, which require creativity.（各項目は、独創力を要求する難儀要素を含めています。）
• Coaches and gymnasts work together to hone individual skills and create performance routines.（コーチと選手は協力して個人の技能を訓練し、演技を創りあげるのです。）

Prepared statements in the negative included
先から用意された否定言明

• Gymnastics uses muscles more than the mind.（体操は脳よりも身体を使う競技です。）
• Gymnastics is all about the body, but creativity requires mental processes.（創造も独創も精神力を使うのに、体操は身体を中心にするものです。）
• Gymnastic competition consists of set, predetermined, skills, techniques, and apparatus.（体操競技は決まった技能や機械しかありません。）
• The coach determines what a gymnast practices and performs.（選手の練習と演技はコーチ次第です。）
• Even so-called creative events, such as dance, are pre-choreographed and predetermined.）（ダンスなど、いわゆる独創的項目でさ、先から振り付けられるのです。）

Team A position: Affirmative.（チームＡの姿勢　賛成側）
Team B position: Negative.（チームＢの姿勢　否定側）

Proceeding from the negative.

否定側から入ります。

Opening statements:

開演の発言

Team B:

Gymnastics uses muscle more than mind.
It's all about the body, but creativity requires mental processes.

Team A:

Even learning set skills requires creativity.
Learning and performing gymnastics requires creative use of both the body and the mind.

Rebuttal:
反論

Team B:

The coach determines what a gymnast practices and performs.
Even so-called creative events in competition are pre-choreographed.

Team A:

Coaches and gymnasts work together to hone skills and create performance routines.
Choreography is a creative activity.

Conclusion:
結論

Team B:

Gymnastics may seem creative, but it is mostly just predetermined exercises.

Team A:

Gymnastics is creative, requiring creativity in both preparation and performance.

[You might want to check out the summer session's mini-debates: part 1 and part 2]