Locke,+Austin

LD Judging Philosophy Experience and Affiliation: 4 yrs HS debate (4 Policy, 2 PF) – Vestavia Hills. 3 yrs coaching- VHHS and Marist

Generics a. Speed- I can do speed, but I am a bit rusty. Start slow and build to speed i. Slow down on the tags and authors so I can flow them ii. Spikes and tricks should not be snuck in- if your opponent missed them, I probably did too. iii. CP or K alt Texts- be slow and emphasize the critical parts iv. If you have multiple cards in a row, give me some pen time to catch up b. Cross-x i. It is binding ii. DO NOT BE RUDE c. Prep i. Flashing speeches doesn’t use time- I can tell if you are stealing prep ii. DO NOT STEAL PREP iii. You may use prep however you want d. Framework- i. Blank slate, BUT abusive frameworks tend to annoy me.

a. I tagline flow theory the first time I hear it if you blow through it (ex: ground, limits, education) b. Reasonability tends to be my default of theory- providing actual examples of harm or abuse helps c. Remember voters
 * Theory** – 4 years of policy, and we are terrible at theory debates

a. I am not very K literate so if you are a ‘K hack’ I apologize I might not be your guy b. Please put them on a separate sheet of paper c. Let me know if you have framework on the K d. If I looked confused, I probably am, so explain a bit more.
 * K’s**

a. Policy guy- I tend to like big bang impacts b. Timeframe, magnitude, probability c. EVEN IF STATEMENTS
 * Impact Debates**

a. DON’T BE RUDE b. Please don’t call me judge more than 3 times during a single speech c. Don’t call another teams arguments stupid- use silly, misguided, misleading, etc d. No New in the 2
 * Pet Peeves**