Wachtler,+Jessica

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=6/29/2011= 1A: Jessica

-You’re really fast and clear! But I recommend reading at level where you don’t have to bend over to read your screen, it will allow you to speak a lot better -Fill up the entirety of your 1AC you had a 1:40 left -Good job answering the new case arguments, especially the case argument that matter the most -Don’t extend argument by author name- extend by tag and explain the arugment even if dropped you need to explain them quickly -Good analysis on the flows- especially on cap and on the dropped perm -You know what to extend in your 1AR you just need to explain your arguments more and be faster when doing it- luckily that is the easier part because recognizing what your winning arguments are is harder

General Comments:

AFF: If you are going to be paperless you need to practice paperless practices such as jumping everything including the 1AC. Make sure you know which positions they kicked and which ones they didn’t.

=7/1/2011= 1A – Jessica • Good clarity in the 1AC. • You can definitely speak faster than you are right now. Keep pushing hard in speaking drills and you’ll pick up a lot of velocity. • When you read cards that you haven’t read before, slow down slightly. You’re getting a little caught up in the middle. As you keep going, you can pick up speed because you can read ahead a little bit. • Ideally, you’ll want to put a slight speaking pause between the end of each card and the beginning of the next tag. • In cross-x on the K, focus on how the alternative solves as much as you focus on the impact. If they can’t fix the problem that exists in the world, it doesn’t matter how bad it is. • Good job focusing on the impact arguments from the case at the top of the 1AR, but you have to focus on answering the arguments that they are making throughout the block. The time pressure on the 1AR is extreme, so you have to pick and choose a few arguments and absolutely win them. You also have to answer all of their arguments that will take out your case impact and case solvency. • The line-by-line debate needs to be fast and furious, because you have so so so little time. Extend your offense and arguments that will make giving the 2NR that much more difficult! • Once you’re running low on time and you have two off-case arguments remaining, you have to focus on fewer, offensive or absolutely defensive arguments in order to win the debate. It’s a difficult climb at this point, but it’s still very very doable if you focus down immediately.

-Talon