UIL Speech Judges
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Jeff Keith
Current high school:
Currently coaching?: No
Conference:
Number of years coached: 2
Number of tournaments judged: 0
High school attended:
John Overton Nashville, TN.
Graduated high school: 1978
Participated in high school: Yes
Participated in college: No
Judging qualifications:
Broke in every national tournament in high school. Won District championship, City championship, semi finals Northwestern top 100 debaters in the country. Won Ohio Valley conference and first speaker awards as a freshman in college. Semi finalist in LD in college. Have 5 full scholarship awards to students in 2 years of coaching.
Judging Philosophy
CX
Judging approach: Stock Issues
Policy priority: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: Blank slate. Debaters have to pull their well developed and rebutted arguments all the way through. Spreading is over rated.
LD
Approach: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Philosophy:
Quality arguments, developed are better than lots of spreading especially in LD
Contact Information
email: jkeith26@yahoo.com
cell:
office: 281 2062729
Availability Information
Meet types:
Invitational
District
Regional
CX State
State Meet
Qualified for:
CX
LD
Extemp
Travel
Region of residence:
3
I will travel to: 1 3 5
