Avery Chen — Director of Curriculum
Former national circuit finalist with a decade of coaching experience across PF and Policy. Leads pedagogy and assessment.
See Avery’s modules →Our story
ForgeSpeak Institute began with a simple principle: debate should be precise, ethical, and empowering. We combine coach-reviewed drills with structured, dashboard-style modules so students can see measurable growth every week.
Mission
Cultivate articulate thinkers who argue with integrity, listen actively, and build solutions through clash rather than volume.
Method
We align every lesson to outcomes: flowing accuracy, collapse decisions, weighing frameworks, and cite discipline.
Promise
No gimmicks, no shortcuts—just deliberate practice, excellent materials, and honest feedback.
Milestones
Year 1 — Building the forge
We launched the first competency map for debate education with calibration rubrics for constructive, rebuttal, and CX phases.
Year 2 — Coach-reviewed pipeline
Introduced asynchronous speech uploads and case labs, enabling weekly targeted feedback at scale.
Year 3 — Tournament readiness
Released format-specific tracks with judge paradigm libraries and collapse drills for elimination rounds.
Team
Jordan Reyes — Head Coach, BP/Worlds
Adjudicated international finals; specializes in principled casebuilding and comparative weighing frameworks.
See Jordan’s modules →Samir Patel — LD Strategy Lead
Focuses on value/criterion architecture, theory literacy, and time allocation under pressure.
See Samir’s modules →Maya Brooks — Rhetoric & Delivery
Speech coach with vocal performance background; helps debaters project credibility and control cadence.
See Maya’s modules →Get started
Whether you are building your first case or optimizing for elimination rounds, our tracks meet you where you are.