I am a parent lay judge and have limited experience, having judged only in a few tournaments, mainly LD and PF debate. As a consequence, I will tend to judge on strength and clarity of arguments, logical flow and delivery. Please keep the debate jargong to a minimum, and I find that trying to speak very fast to cram in more arguments usually is a losing proposition as there is a greater risk that good points get lost - so, try to keep a moderate pace. Do please weigh arguments clearly. I will keep time for myself to check, but not give time warnings.