National Speech and Debate Tournament
2022 — Louisville, KY/US
Tim Doty Paradigm
Policy
Policy Debate Judge Philosophy
Your experience with Policy Debate (check all that apply)
Coach of a teamNDT/CEDA debater in college
Policy debater in high school
Occasionally judge Policy Debate
How many Policy rounds have you judged this year?
11-20Which best describes your approach to judging Policy Debate?
PolicymakerRATE OF DELIVERY
7/91 = slow and deliberate9 = very rapid
QUANTITY OF ARGUMENTS
7/91 = a few well-developed arguments9 = the more arguments the better
COMMUNICATION AND ISSUES
7/91 = communication skills most important9 = resolving substantive issues most important
TOPICALITY: I am willing to vote on topicality:
7/91 = often9 = rarely
COUNTERPLANS
2/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
GENERIC DISADVANTAGES
2/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
CONDITIONAL NEGATIVE POSITIONS
3/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
DEBATE THEORY ARGUMENTS
5/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
CRITIQUE (KRITIK) ARGUMENTS
2/91 = acceptable9 = unacceptable
Additional remarks:
Please don't let my "NDT/CEDA" experience trick you. That was 25 years ago (or more...I don't care to do the math). I have been involved with debate in some shape form or fashion for much of the time since then; but VERY little of that involvement has been national circuit debate. In fact, most of it has been in individual events. I've enjoyed working with debate in my current position (2nd year); but our team is focused on regional competition which , by-and-large, values traditional styles of debate. In short, my flowing/listening to rapid fire skills are greatly diminished. While I value lots of arguments and appreciate the pedagogy behind rapid delivery, I can't claim to be very good at processing it anymore. Please read my paradigm on tabroom.com for more details or feel free to ask any questions.
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