I am a current high school senior and have been debating in Public Forum for 3 years, and Lincoln Douglas for 2.5. I also have some background in policy and congress.

This is what I look for in a round:

- You should be timing the debate. I will also be timing, but it is up to you to hold yourself accountable. If you have an excessive amount of time left or have gone way over time, I will tell you. Teams should hold each other accountable. There is always a 15 second lee-way time though.

- I take cross as a huge chunk of the debate round. I personally don't like when judges don't pay attention to cross, so I for one definitely will. Please make sure to stay respectful, but I do love to see some clash!

- Weigh, weigh, weigh, weigh, weigh.

-Rebuttal should frontline other teams case as well as protect your own.

-Summary and Final Focus go hand in hand. I want to see you and your partner having tight knit -- well correlated speech's -- as this shows that you understand the weight of the round.

- ALL speech's should have some "life" or "spice" to them, don't make it seem like you are just reading off of a paper the whole time

- Off-time roadmaps. These are key for me to flow and for you to be organized.

- I'll call for cards if you ask me to or I think they are extremely iffy

- Evidence ethics is so so important, i can't emphasis it enough, so please do not miscut or lie about evidence.

- Evidence exchange is perfectly fine but don't try to just call for all the cards and collect them.

- If cards are taking way too long to get once they are called for, I will probably have to strike the card even though I really don't want to

- I am not great at flowing very speedy speeches so I would prefer that if you can, don't spread.

- You need warranting for any argument you bring. Warrant and weighing>>>>

- Signpost!!! This is super super important, and I 100% look for this during round.

- You need to frontline in second rebuttal. You need to respond to your opponent BUT also protect your case as well.

- COLLASPE. If you know you are losing on one of your arguments, save time and don't go for it! quality>quantity

- No new arguments in final focus (includes weighing and implications). Don't try to sneak any in.

- Once an argument is dropped, it's dropped. You can't bring it back up in later speeches.

- I always hate when judges make me wait for the round results, so I for one do give rfd as soon as round ends. I may take a minute or two, so please don't leave immediately after round completes.

Most importantly, have fun and let me know if you have any questions!! If you would like to reach out to me after round here is my email: nethranaresh07@gmail.com

SPEAKER POINT BREAKDOWNS

"30: Excellent job, you demonstrate stand-out organizational skills and speaking abilities. I want to frame your speech because it is that good.

29: Very strong ability. Good enunciation, analysis, and organization. A couple minor stumbles or drops.

28: Above average. Good speaking ability. May have made a larger drop or flaw in argumentation but speaking skills compensate. Or, very strong analysis but weaker speaking skills.

27: About average. Ability to function well in the round, however analysis may be lacking. Some errors made.

26 and below: Either lacking speaking skills or analytical skills. May have made a more important error. This may also mean you were rude or disrespectful to me or opponents.