Murphy,+Troy

6/26/12 debating maverick/under difficult circumstances is tough, and I am very impressed that you stuck the practice round out, but always approach these situations as a chance to improve/learn something. You should be flowing every speech; it will help you stay organized and cut out redundancy. Take the time to read your own evidence as well as the other teams' evidence--it is key to successs.

6/27/12 Great analytics on the budget DA. Good cross-x questions about the budget DA in for the 2NCC You should practice flowing more – I noticed you had to ask about the 1NC case card tags and 2NC arguments during cross-x. Watching online debates is a great way to do this. It’s not necessary to read so much evidence on case. The 1AC makes most of the same arguments, and it is sufficient to just extend that evidence. It’s C-T-B-T, not C-B-B-T. Comprehensive test ban treaty. Don’t say “I suck” during your speech! You should try to convey confidence even if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing.
 * __Don’t re-explain evidence after you read it.__** The card explains itself.

7/5 edstrom rd 8

1A troy- when I say stand up, don’t freak out on me. reading bent over closes your airway and compresses your diaphragm, and makes you sound like shit. I am trying to help you. furthermore, you need to look up the word ethos. the idea of spreading people out and being faster than the other team, dropped arguments, line by line are all ideas that you are attempting to kritik the in the 1AC. reading these cards as fast as you can=bad ethos. highlight them, and then slow down. Troy, as I watch you interacting with your partner I can see you are concerned about debate, but I also would like you to take a step back and let your partner figure some things out on his own. just telling him what to write won’t really make him a better debater. be more respectful of your partner. if you aren’t, then someday you may find you don’t have a partner. you are giving smart answers to some of these questions, but I would tell you right now you are headed right for a 26.