Fellow,+David

I'm the new debate coach for Atlantic Community High School. I have judged LD a few times.

1) Speed: Don't go fast at all and speak clearly. If you go fast, I will not follow what you said, and being that I vote off of who convinces me of their side the most, me following what you say is pretty important.

2) I do NOT like any progressive argument- no theory, K's, plans, counterplans, etc. Keep it old school- a nice philosophical debate, I need to understand arguments in order to weigh them.

3) As stated earlier, I vote off of persuasion. I do not flow intently but if it is pointed out that you dropped an argument, it will be weighed. If the flow is upheld for the most part by both debaters, than I vote off of whoever persuaded me the most- it is debate, after all. I will not vote off of counter-intuitive silly contentions, regardless of how they're flowed. I'm just not going to buy them.

4) I'm not strict enough on the flow to catch every little detail, but I do follow the big picture.

5) Be polite and Civil in Cx

Good luck in your debates.