CCHS Speech and Debate Team
Breaking - advancing to the next round
Flight - sometimes a tournament will be "flighted" - this means that the events are divided into groups and those groups will be run at separate times
Flow -
a way of taking notes in debate rounds (debate has its own language... there are all kinds of terms to learn here!)
Doubling -
competing in two events in the same round; abbreviated (DE)
Next Out - the person who just missed advancing to the final round and thus gets a cool consolation prize; usually the 7th place person
Schematic - a code sheet that breaks down each event into sections with room numbers; competitors find their code in order to find their competition room
Swing Tournament - two separate tournaments in one day
Tripling -
competing in three events at the same round; abbreviated (TE)