Haley,+John

toc =6/28/2011=

Overall, I saw good things happening. One comment I generally had is that evidence should be extended with specific warrants and explanations about how that answers your opponents arguments. Additionally the 1AR should be more aggressive and offensive with a lot less focus on defensive arguments.

=6/29/2011=

Youre sufficiently clear, but you need to be a little faster to be an effective 1nc - also to be efficient you need to highlight down some of your cards (looking at you space weponization DA) - make sure you and your partner have the block mapped out before you go forward with your speeches, but good analysis on the points you did cover.

Everyone had a good CX attitude and pretty good questions, i was impressed - everyone could afford to work on organization a little more, some DA answers and general responses were sort of all over the place - everyone needs to keep in mind what is going to help them win/lose them the round and stick to those points more than just answering the opponents arguments and extending your arguments on that point.

=7/1/2011= John-1ac: try to keep the papers away from the front of your face and speak up. helps with clarity and makes you more persuasive. Reference specific lines of your evidence in cx. Stick up for yourself more and get some swagger John - cx: ask more questions about why the claims matt are making are true. ask why they are specific to the aff. think about how the DAs and the K interact with eachother John - good flow to your speech. do some more explanation about why your cards are better than theirs. should put the kritik at the top of your speech because you are more top-heavy in terms of argumentation.

=7/5/2011= Good clear enunciation, but I think with a little more focus, you could be even faster while still being clear. You have the habit of making sure every single word is said correctly. You can also put the papers on the chair (see Wendy) instead of holding them at your face, and that will increase speed as well. Really good answers to cross-x questions—shows a good knowledge of the aff, even though this is the first time you are reading through it. When asking questions, make sure to begin by asking the status of the cp—under what conditions does the 2nr have to go for the cp? Be sure to get them to be specific as well—the link to your plan is the organizing body responsible is the link—so any NASA action links—how might this be helpful for you? Good 1ar, but you are too conversational—assuming the 2ac has made more arguments, you need to be going faster to be able to extend the best arguments, and then answer the block. All: condense the debate more, especially in final rebuttals. You want to narrow the debate, in this case, how the cp interacts with the aff. The case arguments would link to both the plan and cp, so the 2nr probably doesn’t need to extend them, and the 2ar shouldn’t have to answer them. So, what part of the aff does the cp not solve, and how does that interact with the socialism impact? From there you can get into the specifics of the author qualifications and what the aff means, but I would assume the neg would want to spot them those arguments.

=7/6/11=

You sound kind of bored when reading the 1ac. You are fast and clear but there is not a lot of emotion, which makes the 1ac a lot less fun to listen to and harder to flow. Try inflecting your voice at appropriate places. Face me in CX. You sound much more enthusiastic and assertive in the 1AR, try and use this kind of tone in the 1ac. I think you could be more efficient on case, but all the arguments you are making are good (even-if statements ftw). I think you could do more “big picture” work on each flow–really identifying what the key arguments are and capitalizing on those and why they make the position impossible for the negative win. Make sure when you are extending evidence you also extend warrents. I think your impact calculus is good but should be at the beginning of the speech. I think it is a good idea to extend this contradiction argument, make sure you explain what the impact to winning it is (I vote aff automatically? I throw out the CP? Etc).