Four beats: frame, mechanism, impact, comparative. Write one and the checks show you where the chain breaks.
Motion
What's the claim, and what rule makes it matter?
Set the lens before you argue inside it. Name the rule you want the judge to accept.
What this can't do
These checks tell you whether your argument is built. They can't tell you whether it's the right argument to run in this round, how it weighs against theirs, when to take a POI, or how it sounds when you say it out loud. Bring those to your coach.
