Hello! My name is Sebastián Espinal. I am a current 1st speaker JV debater at the ABC School's Debate Team. I'm a high school freshman, who delved into the world of debate in 5th grade. I currently serve as both Team President and Beginners Group Captain of the ABC Debate Team. I have participated in multiple national and international tournaments, being champion several times. Beyond personal achievements, I actively mentor and inspire newer debaters, leaving an enduring impact on our team. I am committed to refining my skills and fostering a collaborative debate culture.

Preferences all over the round:

Timing:

• Distribute your time well. You're allowed to finish your sentence after the time is up, but don't go too far.
• I will take your time, but please also do it yourself.

Delivery:

• Use a good tone of voice while you're debating. I am okay with fast reading but try to read loud and clear.
• Try to explain the topic to me for a better understanding during the round.
• Always have eye contact with me, remember you're convincing me not the opponents.
• Re-state your framework all over the round.
• Im a big fan of clashing points, roadmaps, and aggressive crossfires, though they aren't necessary.
• You can be aggressive, but please be respectful to each other.
• Apply emphasis to the important parts of your case (including statistics, percentages, amounts, etc.)
• Have a good posture.
• Use body language while talking.
• Demonstrate comprehension of the resolution.
• Big fan of organized rebuttals, summaries, and final focuses.

Factual Information:

• Always backup your arguments with reliable sources.
• Bring up your impacts all over the round.
• Use facts to support your arguments.
• Any new information added after the 2nd speaker crossfire will not be taken into account.

Evidences:

• I tend to ask for evidence too when any cut card is shown to the opposing team for proving source.
• When any evidence will be shown, you have 2 minutes to find your cut card. If the time is up and it's not shown, then your claim will be counted as invalid.
• Be careful with your source dates. If any evidence is shown from your side, and your opponent shows a newer source contradicting yours, I will go for the newer source.

Rebuttal:

• I prefer if you clash the arguments of the opposing team on rebuttal over you adding information.
• Try to clash all of the opponent’s arguments.
• If any argument is not blocked, the point under that aspect will be given to your opponent.

Summary:

• Summary is the most important speech in the round to me, so I expect an organized-well done, weighing and voting issues explained summary.
• Any information presented in the summary that was not given before the 2nd speaker crossfire will not be taken into account.
• Re-state the strong points and claims of your team.

Final Focus:

• Re-state the strong points and claims of your team.
• Weighing the voting issues of the round will be very important.
• I rather you state the facts that made your side win than things the opposing team did wrong.

Good Luck and most importantly have fun!

Hi, my name is Natalia and I'm a Junior Varsity debator at ABC School's debate team.

My preferences throughout the round:

• Be confident!
• Keep track of your own time throughout all of your speeches.
• No spreading. I'm comfortable with speed as long as you speak clearly and loudly. (Anything I can't understand from your speech won't be taken into account in my flowing.
• Make sure to establish the Framework for the round as early on as possible.
• Re-state the framework all over the round.
• I'm okay with off-time road maps, but keep them short.

Crossfires

• Can be aggressive but maintain respect.
• Please ask questions that will be useful for your speeches.
• During the grand cross, all speakers should equally participate.

Rebuttal

• Signpost throughout the speech so that I can flow properly.
• Try to clash all of the opponent's arguments

Summary
- As a first speaker myself, I consider this the most important speech of the round so I expect the following:

• Organized speech
• Re-state the FW
• Tell me why you won under the FW, and the main clashing points.
• Weigh your impacts
• Re-state the strong points
• Any information presented in the summary that was not given before the 2nd speaker crossfire will not be taken into account.

Final Focus

• Re-state the strong points and claims of your team.
• Weighing the voting issues of the round will be very important.
• State the facts that made your side win rather than what the opposing team did wrong.

Keep in mind that my final decision will only be based on what is mentioned throughout the round and not any outside knowledge or personal preference I may have.

Good luck and have fun!