That's not the part they most need to be able to do. They merely need to be able to understand an argument without getting distracted by tricks.

The actual analysis of the code is something that they could then listen to expert findings about.

I'm saying that you can teach the average person to swim if you teach them all the proper techniques, in the proper order, before the competition.

I'm not saying that you can do the average person perform like a world-class champion.