Tournament Time

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Tournament Time!

• Hawk Debate

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The Power Suit
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Dressing for Competition
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2005 National Champions
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What does your tie say about you?
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Dressed for success?
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If this guy can wear a tie . . .
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One of these doesnt match. . .
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Ladies, do you have the look?
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All business.
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Suits You.
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Theyre not just patriotic, theyre at Nationals.
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What to Pack
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On the Bus

• Read over your affirmative case or negative
  arguments. Highlight down some evidence.
• Ask team mates to cross-examine you over aff or
  neg.
• Do pen drills and time yourself.
• Take a quick nap.
• Discuss possible extemp topics with team and
  spread your knowledge of your favorite issues.
• Ask your coach questions about debate.
• On the way home, celebrate the victories of your
  teammates. Sing debate carols (ask me later) and
  tell debate tales.

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Tempus Fugit!

take the timer with you to the podium, so your
judge can flow instead of calling
out time time your own and your
opponents prep budget your time within a
speech so you dont drop arguments budget your
prep so you save most of it for the 1AR (or
other) time your own extemp draw time so you
can talk to your brick label your timer with
your name and school name, keep up with it
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Be on Time

• Set your alarm carefully.
• Get a buddy to give you a wake up call.
• In hotel set alarm and get a wake up call from
  the front desk.

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FLOW!!! Dont stop if you miss something.
Pre-flow what you will say in response!
Inexperienced debaters say, I dont need to
flow. I just cant write that fast. I cant
think that way. I can remember it all. I tried
to flow but then I stopped. Strangely enough, at
state and nationals, everyone flows. In varsity
division, they werent even flowing is a
synonym for an easy win. Even if you are not
great at flowing, you do not want to reveal this
to your opponents. Flow, and fill in your gaps
as best you can. It is a sign that you will win.
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Im using blue paper so my flow wont get lost
among the evidence on the table.
Im sure glad I have two colors of ink to flow.
Timer
Water
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Keeping a Flow Sheet
1. Privacy rights are outweighed by safety
concerns.

• I. Data mining threatens Americans right to
  privacy.
• Privacy is a basic right of all Americans
• B. The federal government is committed to the use
  of data mining.
• C. Data mining techniques threaten the privacy of
  Americans.

Terrorists have already won if civil liberties
are abandoned. Privacy rights are absolute feds
should not be allowed to decide when to violate
them. Constitutional rights should not be
squandered because of popular opinion. Data
mining programs have simply been renamed, not
banned. Protections are woefully inadequate.

• There can be no personal privacy without security
  from terrorism.
• b. Polls show that Americans want to sacrifice
  some privacy to be safe.

Congress has limited data mining.
Data mining systems include privacy protections.
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Flowsheet Tips

• Use abbreviations appropriate to the topic
  (DDetain SSearch PAPatriot Act, etc.)
• Use symbols for common claims (up arrow for
  increasing, down arrow for decreasing, right
  arrow for causes or results in, etc.)
• Establish priorities 1. Contention labels first
  priority, 2. Supoints second priority, 3.
  Evidence reference third priority (Katyal, 05),
  4. Key words of evidence fourth priority.
• Teach debaters to ask for missed points (in CX or
  prep time).
• Use lots of paper (separate sheets for plan
  arguments and for case arguments each big
  argument should have its own sheet).
• Line up flowsheet paper with debaters
  road-maps

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Flowing on a Laptop

• Allowed in TFA, UIL, and TOC, but no data
  retrieval or internet access. Judge can
  disqualify if wireless access is activated.
• Used mainly for flowing.
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Download a Flow Template

• http//www.wcdebate.com/1policy/8-flowtemplate.xls
  
• Change the text colors so that affirmative is red
  and negative is blue (or orange and purple, or
  green and pink)
• Save the template to your desktop once you have
  set it up the way that you like.
• Create a briefcase for flows and a folder for
  each tournament.

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In the Cafeteria

• Watch the postings these are the pieces of
  paper taped to the wall. They will tell you when
  your event is supposed to start and your room
  number.
• Ask your coach for your code. This is usually
  something like 14JS (14 means our school, JS
  would be name initials.)
• Return to our team table after each round for
  info, ballots, coaching, snacks, and to check the
  postings.
• Tell someone on our team where you will be if you
  finish competing and want to go watch other
  events.
• Bring money for the snack bar it goes to
  support the debate team from the host school.

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• Remember Tournaments are won in the tough times
  the last round after a grueling day, late at
  night when everyone else wants to go home. You
  will face your toughest opponents last. The
  winners of the tournament have beaten not just
  their opponents, but their own fatigue. It takes
  a lot of energy to be charming and dynamic
  speakers.
• Tournaments are 2-3 days of 14-16 hours. Sleep
  the night before, dont keep your roomies awake
  if you are in a hotel. Agree on a lights out
  time and then do it.

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Judge Adaptation

• Ask Do you have any judging preferences? or
  What is your paradigm?
• Watch for any signal that will help you adapt
  flowing, nodding, frowning, pen in the air, bored
  expression, laptop.
• Sit so that you can see the judge and the
  opponent while you flow.

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• Fall 7 times, Stand up 8.
• Japanese Proverb

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• You may have to fight a battle more than once to
  win it.
• Margaret Thatcher

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• Justifying a fault doubles it.

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Call Your MOM

• You can be disqualified at some tournaments for
  ringing cell phone (and its inconsiderate of
  other participants.)
• Tell your parents that you will need to turn off
  the phone, and call them when the tournament is
  over.
• Call your parents when the bus is close to home,
  so they can pick you up quickly.
• Remind your teammates to turn off phones during
  competition.

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Awards Ceremony

• Wear your professional attire to receive your
  award on stage.
• Be a gracious winner. Smile. Applaud for
  others. Congratulate your opponents.
• Tradition holds that a standing ovation is given
  for each 1st Place, State Qualifier at TFA
  Tournaments.
• Applaud for each award and represent our school
  by sitting together.
• Shake with your right hand, accept trophy with
  your left.

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• On the bus ride home is the time to celebrate the
  teams victories (hopefully your own individual
  ones too.)
• Share stories with the team. Discuss what
  strategies worked and ask questions.
• Plan for the next weeks work with your teammates
  or partners.
• Set new goals for yourself.