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Re: Prep time
I have been a novice debater for two semesters thus far and will be
going novice next semsester, (by virtue that I've only debated at Two
tournaments this semester), so I feel I've got a fairly good grasp of what
is going on in novice, and I gots some comments to make about it,
(yeah I know get on with it...)
I think that the most crucial thing for at least a starting novice to
know is to know their ev box. This is the most crucial element that can be
'taught' and can be the most effective. If you know and understand WHERE
every thing is that you have and HOW TO USE IT then you have all the tools
you need, (a brain is a good thing too..) I found that most of my prep
time was not thinking of new arguements, (at least in an earlier stage of
my development as a debater), but more like "shit, Paul, where are the T
answers on AIDS?!!" Once that basic foundation is laid then prep time can
be used much more effectively so that when you have absolutely no clue
about what the other team is saying, you can two minutes to figure that
out, and then take thirty seconds to pull the stuff you need as opposed to
taking the initial two minutes to think, and then the next four finding
the briefs you need. This not only speeds ,(there's that buzzword
again...), up rounds, but also increases the level of clash for when you
can just pull stuff real quick, you can more efficiently out argue your
opponents as opposed to losing because you ran out of prep time during
your rebuttals...
As I look back over what I've written this applies more to teams, like
Vermont and Syracuse, who have communal ev. I guess I'm not sure how this
would relate to other teams; as usual whoever has a clue pleez fill me in.
-DTM
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