Speech Order
With any sport, activity, game, and competition, there is a set structure as to how things roll. This applies to LD debate with a specific amount of time that the round takes place and an order of speeches, outlined below. Don’t worry if you aren’t familiar with this at first: familiarity comes with attending multiple tournaments and debating many rounds!
All of this adds up to around 40+ minutes’ worth of speeches and prep time each round. Realistically, you will also add in the 10-15 minutes of time the judge takes to make a decision and give their feedback to each debater, thus totaling up to 1 hour on average per round at a tournament.
You may have noticed that the Affirmative (Aff) side has more speeches than the Negative (Neg), even having the last word, which helps to summarize the round from an Aff-biased perspective. This, although unfair, is balanced with the Neg’s two speeches, which are longer in time (thus easier to defend), so that both sides have 13 minutes total to speak (Aff = 6 + 4 + 3, while Neg = 7 + 6 minutes).
Sweet success.
The most successful people don’t look back to see who’s watching.
Work Hard.
The most successful people don’t look back to see who’s watching. Look for opportunities to lift others up along the way. Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
Brilliant.
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” — Plato
You are on the right track.
Brilliant.
Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
- Work smart
- Work hard
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in few.”
— Pythagoras
Success is earned, one step at a time. One of the most invaluable skills a person can have is being able to clearly express what they want. Sometimes the hardest part of finding success is gathering the courage to get started. As long as you’re learning, you’ll never really fail.
Sweet success.
Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fail.”
— Confucius
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in few.”
— Pythagoras
Success is earned, one step at a time. One of the most invaluable skills a person can have is being able to clearly express what they want. Sometimes the hardest part of finding success is gathering the courage to get started. As long as you’re learning, you’ll never really fail.
You are on the right track.
Success is earned, one step at a time. One of the most invaluable skills a person can have is being able to clearly express what they want. Sometimes the hardest part of finding success is gathering the courage to get started. As long as you’re learning, you’ll never really fail.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fail.”
— Confucius
The most successful people don’t look back to see who’s watching. Look for opportunities to lift others up along the way. Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
Getting started can be the hardest part. 
Look for opportunities to lift others up along the way. Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
Work Hard
The most successful people don’t look back to see who’s watching. Look for opportunities to lift others up along the way. Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
Work smart. Brilliant. Sweet Success.
Work hard. Work smart.
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
— Plato
Sometimes the hardest part of finding success is gathering the courage to get started. As long as you’re learning, you’ll never really fail.
Sweet Success. Brilliant.
Having the proper mindset, moving outside your comfort zone, developing and maintaining healthy relationships, and staying focused have been key drivers of success for thousands of years.
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