Saaton+vs.+Ayana+-+Eshort

Round 5 6/30/13

Saaton v Ayana 1AC: Cuba—Leadership, I-Law, Stability 1NC: Cap, CP, case 2NR: Cap, case

Klayton (1AC) for having not read through the Aff before, you have a good reading (speed drills seem to be working out!) Even though you want to slow down some for tags/cites, you slow more than you need to—if you work on other indications you are moving to a different card/argument, you won’t need to slow down as much between cards—this means you can get through maybe 1-2 more 1AC cards During 2AC—I know you want to help, but having Saara give a 2AC first without tons of help will benefit her more in the long term CX—I know you have to use the plan text as written, but you don’t really want to define the word normalize by saying “just use the word normal” CX 1NC—you don’t have to say “let’s go to X card”—just ask a question about the nature of the card. For instance, “your johnson link evidence says X…” 1AR—good standup 1AR overall—one thing to think about is using the advice you gave to Saara early in the debate, which is the 2NR is likely to include X, so be sure we can beat that—it may mean you have to kick one of the Aff adv’s so you can spend more time generating offense against the CP or the alt (whichever you think the 2NR is likely to go for)—you do a great job setting up the impacts themselves, but you may want to begin weighing them here—the contradiction argument is good—I think you should highlight that if there wasn’t an impact in the 1nc, you shouldn’t have to answer the argument if explained in the block

Saara (2AC) Even though this is your first 2AC of camp, you want to be familiar enough with the Aff that Klayton doesn’t have to talk through each argument during prep—you all used all 8 minutes for the 2ac—Also, you want to try and give a 2AC without Klayton’s help at some point—he should only help out if you are making a crucial mistake—think about what all arguments you need in order to answer a CP or a K generally and expand those to fit the conditions cp and the cap K work on building up to a comfortable speed—start slower (70-80%) of your normal speed and build up within the first minute—you will be better able to maintain your speed throughout the 2AC 2AR—theory 2AR—this is definitely a good choice given 2NR missteps, but, especially when you have 5 minutes to explain the argument, you want to a) begin by explaining the link argument and b) don’t have to go as fast—think through making your argument complete—what is the link (why did klayton read theory in the first place), what is the impact (why is it a voting issue), what does debate look like in your world? Can people never read contradictory args, can they not in the block, etc? why is voting aff a necessary deterrent? 2AR—case args—good to recognize the judge may not vote for theory, so you need to win the aff—but, don’t forget other forms of offense vs the alt as well—think about 2ar strategy

Tiana (1NC) Im not sure why you “apologized” before hand about being sick; you still were able to deliver the speech loud and clear. You “marked” a few cards on case, but had 30 seconds left—you can probably get through them. 1NC CX Even though it’s the starter pack, you want to try and spin a warrant to the cards you are reading—never give up and just say “I guess you have a point there” 1NR—you have such good arguments, but you have to pick and choose between so many of them because you are speaking about half as fast as the 1NC—you can still speak faster during the 1NR—you also have a good extension rhythm, like Ayaan [see below]—you may want to block out some of the arguments you will likely make in most debates (ie, A2 perms, A2 theory)

Ayaan CX 1AC—you are asking good questions, but use his answers to generate new questions—ie, instead of just asking “how is this true” ask “why is this true given X” or “if X is true, why does your aff make sense”—in other words, use CX to set up your link arguments 2NC—good extension rhythm [1NC #X, cite, explanation, more evidence] you may need to pick and choose which arguments you want to extend, not sure you have time for all the 1NC args here 2NR—Good strategy—case and the K force the aff to defend the 1AC before they can weigh it against your arguments—you picked and chose I think the best arguments you had, but be sure to impact them as such—I think some are more offensive than you give them credit for—it not only takes out the adv, but in some cases, turns the adv too—be sure to answer the theory arguments the 1ar made as well, especially since you have some time leftover