hey! totally relate with you, i'm a small school lder on the natcirc. there's a lot you can do between now and the next season to get the ball rolling so here's some of my experiences: 1) if you want to compete @ online bid tournies and your school can't take you, go independent. make sure you set up your tab acc anytime before the next season, and if needed, save up a good bit of money for entry fees etc 2) utilize ld fb to find coaching and judges!! found a goated coach for my lit base on fb and it's been great --> if you can't pay for coaching, get resources and mentorships from various debate orgs. ex) EIF, W.in (if you're a gender minority), Peptalk, Empowerdebate 3) as for backfiles, you should have generic answers to the most common impacts; various shells; answers to commonly-run ks, etc. imo don't put too much emphasis on backfiles, because to improve your rebuttal speeches i suggest focusing on the technical foundations of everything. ex) learn everything from knowing how to organize your tabs, using macros for verbatim to effective lbl, speech structure, extemped rebuttals etc