Wallin,+Cole

toc =6/28/2011= The 1AC had strong delivery. Make sure to practice your 1AC. That way you can add some cards as you get faster. You had some excellent questions about the weaponization DA and the issue of current weapons testing. The 1AR was a good speech as well. Way to not be intimidated by the new 2NC Cap K. You could spend some more time articulating case impacts and answering their case arguments specifically (alternative solvency, probability questions).

Tim

=6/29/2011=

2N: Cole -Good questioning of why the U.S. is key to the aff- Good questioning in general- I liked that you pressed them on their internal links to their advantages -Good job prepping during the cross-x of the 2A- that is exactly what you are suppose to do! -You told me the order correctly! -Don’t read so many case cards- its kind of abusive because they were not read in the 1NC- but I would allow you to read the first two asteroids are low risk because they compare/attack the impact level of the aff -You need to go line by line and answer the aff’s arguments and not just read more cards- do more analysis -I also recommend reading overviews on the off-case positions that you are going for- you can pre-write these so you don’t have to spend prep time -Make sure to flow the 1NR! You might have to go for his position -Take the comments that I told you about from the 2NC and apply it to the 2NR- more line by line and more overviews about impacts and impact comparisons -I still feel like you are jumping around in your speech- make sure you know what order you want to do things in -I also want you to choose going for either the K or the DA because I don’t think the DA provides utility to disprove the perm on the K -Good impact comparisons

General Comments:

-NEG: I would recommend reading less off case and reading more on case- you both are fast so reading more on case and one less DA would be really hard for a 2A to answer. Also don’t take prep as a 1N you have the entire cross x and 2NC to prep! MAKE SURE TO KICK THE other DA- you just have to extend a piece of defense to kick it! DO NOT DOUBLE COVER. MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE FLOWING THE 1AR

=6/30/2011=


 * Extraordinary job in the cx. You are answering questions with a confidence that you rarely see in debaters below the varsity level. Being calm and clear in this situation gives a really good perception of the aff.
 * The 1ar does a good job covering, I think you are responding to most of the major arguments that are taking place here. The 1ar should, however, be a speech focused on extending 2ac arguments. You should go to the disad and, if necessary, respond to the overview, then the rest of the time you should be explaining that your partners argument is correct and why it swamps the negative block.
 * Good job including impact calculation by the end of the speech.

= 7/1/2011 =
 * You need to properly extend each of your off-case arguments.** This is very important! You can’t just read more cards on the on the disads – you need to 1) explain your argument briefly, 2) explain the impacts, and then 3) answer the 2AC answers one-by-one. Do the first two things in an overview.

In your 2NR, you have good impact analysis but you ignored the line by line completely. You kept answering the argument that “humans will adapt to global warming”, but this argument was never extended in the 1AR. You are overall a very good speaker and its clear that you have a talent for debate – you just need to become a better technical debater and then you can pwn.

=7/3/2011=

- Good speed, clarity was pretty good as well, but you could definitely articulate more. Practice over-enunciating words - Good answer in cross-x to the “what if it happens before the plan” question. You should say “at that point, it’s try or die” - Use more prep – you have a lot more time you could’ve used - You need to explain the internal link from weaponization to hegemony – youre extending arguments that aren’t about this - We can’t build return rockets in space…. - Make sure you’re making impact analysis about why your advantage outweighs the disads. Be as specific as possible

=7/15/2011=

Cole—you are fairly efficient and moderately fast, but you get distracted with the structure of putting their argument first, then yours—instead you should focus the 1ar on “extend the 2AC XXXXXXX”—you should also consider very strongly which of the 2AC arguments you are extending—make sure you have a conversation with your 2A so that you know what arguments she wants to be the focus of the 2AR, especially on the big issues like cap and the CP. By the 1AR you need to thoroughly be thinking about what the 2AR strategy is gonna look like, I’m not sure that is reflected in your speech yet. Your individual arguments are good, but where are they all going?