Non-Negotiables

1) Strike me if you are not sending speech docs with cut cards for case and rebuttal. This needs to be done BEFORE the speech and over EMAIL.

2) STOP using flex prep during in-person debates to ask questions like "what was your 5th response to our argument about China?" If your opponents ask this question, don't answer, they should learn how to flow better.

Fourth-Year Out

I am currently the Head Public Forum Coach at The Quarry Lane School

Quartered at the TOC, coached TOC clearing teams, and have done some policy @ Wake if that matters to you

Current Conflicts: Quarry Lane (2020-present), Bergen County (2021-2022), North Broward (Alumni), Ardrey Kell (2020-2021), Flanagan (2020)

Add me to the email chain: katzto20@wfu.edu

It's PF, I don't need a 30 second roadmap

Tech>Truth

Zoom:

-Turn on your cameras

-Email Chains should be standard

-Use the chat

-"I had connection problems" is a fine excuse to clarify arguments in the debate. Don't abuse this though.

Public Forum:

Impact calculus is the most important part of public forum. Explaining why your impact is more significant than your opponents will win you the round if you win your links. Explaining evidence is a part of extending it. For example, "Extend Ferguson 14 from our case" is not an extension, but "Extend Ferguson in 14 who explains that the BRI has been responsible for pushing 40 countries into high debt because countries cannot pay back loans" is an extension. Don't drop arguments. Dropped arguments are extremely difficult to recover from, and in the majority of cases, if a team weighs and implicates their argument, it's game over. I will be flowing on my computer using excel.

2nd rebuttal should answer the 1st. First summary needs to extend defense given the 3-minute summary change. Cohesion from summary to final focus is vital in gaining offense from your argument. I don't love new argument spins in final focus, but if it was brought up in cross and is something I could see coming it is not considered new. I presume the status quo unless you argue otherwise.

I will disclose my decision in every debate. I will do my best to give the best feedback possible and provide insight into why I made the decision I did. If you have any questions about the round please feel free to ask or message me on facebook after the debate.

Read (kritiks, theory, disads, counterplans, etc). For background, I come from a policy centric team and have experience debating kritiks and running theory. I like hearing unique arguments, feel free to read them. I do think disclosure and reading cut cards are good norms. Ultimately, I am cool with any kind of argument you decide to read, at any pace you decide to read it at as long as it is carded.

Stealing prep time is never a good idea. If you see your opponents stealing prep, call them out.

I will also call for all evidence that you tell me to in a debate round.

Average speaker points (2020-2021 Season): 28.4

Average speaker points (2021-2022 Season): 28.3

Average speaker points (2022-2023 Season): 28.1