Background: 1yr of speech & debate at Leland High School; Speech&Debate Aide/Coach since February

Experience: Not a whole lot of professional experience in speech & debate

Judging: Since February, judged a few rounds in semi-finals to elims in a couple of tournaments

Standards:

RESOLUTION!!! All the topics you bring up during your speech & debate, make sure to tie it in to the resolution since that is what you need to convince our judgement on

DON'T RUSH! If you speak too fast you will lose your audience if your audience is not experienced in speech & debate like me

DON'T USE FILLER WORDS! It looks bad when you use too much of filler words. You should've practiced more and been more prepared to prevent using filler words during your debate

EXPLAIN! If you use abbreviations or not a common term than don't assume all judges will know what your talking about. It will help if you give at least one sentence to briefly explain what a word/term/group/etc. is

DON'T BE RUDE! Having some sass during cross is fun, but be mindful and respectful to everyone

EVIDENCE! Provide solid proof