A-Jared+vs.+Madfles+-+Spencer

Jared 1AC 1AR
 * Your 1AC is good, but I think that you slow down more than you need to on the tags. You are incredibly clear, so don’t feel the need to slow down so much.
 * Have a clear idea of the warrants of your 1AC impacts, and links. You seem wary about committing to anything in CX. Have confidence that your answers are correct.
 * You handled a difficult speech well, and with a lot of confidence. This same confidence about your case throughout the rest of the debate would have been a big ethos boost.
 * Try to have an idea of what you want to say on each flow before you begin your speech. If you are not sure about what you want to say on advantage, get your partner to help you with answering a specific flow.
 * Always try to explain why you are kicking out of an advantage. There was mostly defense on the heg flow, but it is always a good idea to give some sort of explanation why you are kicking something
 * If you know that something has recently become non-unique, make sure your 2A is also aware of it, so she can make it a part of the 2AC.

AJ 2AC 2AR
 * You rely very heavily on cards on the case flows. Your 1AC is full of evidence that answers the neg cards in this debate, and most likely, in the whole packet. Extending your 1AC arguments will save you a lot of time, and let you get to the off case arguments faster.
 * CP – You need to do more than just read defense. Spend some time thinking about what the permutation means with this counterplan, and why the affirmative should be able to make a perm. If there are any offensive arguments in the packet for the CP, try to prioritize those.
 * DA – You need more cards on both disadvantages, and you need some more variety on both. Trying to find cross applications from other flows is a good way to make up for any lack of time.
 * Remember to rely on your case. You have a lot of time left. Both of your remaining case flows were conceded, so even if you feel behind, try to blow up your remaining impacts in the round.
 * Spend more time answering the turns case arguments. Your responses would be new arguments, but you cannot win this debate on a solvency deficit alone.

Maddy 1NC
 * Your speed and delivery are fine, but you have a lot of time left over. Always have a speech ready that is longer than what you know you can do in an 8 minute speech
 * Your transitions between flows could be a little clearer

1NR
 * I think that you really only needed a couple cards on winners win outside of your overview. Having additional cards on political capital were unnecessary, as it was conceded in the 2AC.
 * I think the overview might have been a bit long winded. You probably didn’t need as many cards as you had to win the turns case arguments.
 * After the overview, the speech gets kind of scattered. Try to maintain the same order on the flow as best you can.

Puffles 2NC
 * Use all of your time. You even noted that you forgot to flip your CP flow, and missed a few arguments. With over a minute left, it won’t look great, but you might as well be sure you aren’t missing anything on any flows. Otherwise, find some productive way to use that time
 * Your responses extensions were very good, but the cards that you read on the China flow aren’t helping you much.

2NR
 * I think conceded that Cuba will say no is an interesting idea, and I understand why you wanted to practice it in this round, but I don’t think it was the most strategic option. You could have probably won with the China DA and case D, the CP and politics, politics and case D, etc. The 1AR was not very great on the explanation of why Cuba will say no, otherwise the aff only has defense on this flow. The fact that the turns case arguments were conceded gets you out of a lot of potential trouble, but I think that you should have just extended your offense, the turns case arguments, and then went to politics, or case.
 * Use all of your time. You had over two minutes left. Do something with this time. Even if you are not really prepped on some flow, if there is a lot of extra time, or not enough time for a specific flow, getting more arguments in won’t hurt.