The adjudication panel is crucial to competitive debating; they constitute the conditions for a fair competition. Judges decide which team wins the debate and how good the individual debaters are. The Debatbond has developed a judging manual to improve knowledge in this field. On this webpage, we have collected information and knowledge for judges, or others who are interested, to get to know more about judging debates.
Factual information
The Debatbond has developed a judging manual to give a frame of reference to judges. This is available here:
Moreover, a manual was brought out in 2010 that was specifically aimed at judging BP style debates. Simone van Elk took the initiative for this.
Digital workshops
Here are a few digital presentations with audio commentary by good adjudicators.
Digital video clips
How can you judge a debate well enough? How do you correctly give feedback and explain the results (AKA the call) of the debate? The Debatbond took the initiative to collect knowledge in this area by combining several video clips concerning adjudication.
The role of a judge – Joe Roussos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ENoOlwQrML8
Speaker scores – Joe Roussos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cRgoPKIzzbo
Definitional Challenges – Joe Roussos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YJL-g35kUyU
Opening Government Strategy – Joe Roussos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UAOxngC11Gg
Whip speeches – Joe Roussos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=z88kDniCM3U