Prepare to Compete with the Latest Resources
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Prep for your March rounds with new tools included with your NSDA membership, like topic analyses, Extemp questions, Congress legislation, and more! Make sure you're logged in to your account to access.
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Learn from NSDA National Champions
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Recorded LD Champion Q&A: In February, 2024 Lincoln-Douglas Debate national champion Calista Woo shared her strategies for preparation and her advice for succeeding in LD including how she structures rebuttals, attacks links, approaches cross-examination, and more. Check out the recording »
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Live Congress Champion Q&A: Join 2024 Congressional Debate (House) national champion Fadhil Lawal live on March 12 at 7:00 p.m. CT for recommendations and strategies for excelling in Congress. Register and submit a question »
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Live Info Champion Q&A Two-time Informative Speaking national champion Anneteke Adoga will join us on April 21 at 6:00 p.m. CT to share her tips for using visual aids, selecting a topic, and more! Check out advanced and beginner breakdowns of her 2022 champion performance and register to attend the session.
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Student Experts Videos: Visit our Student Experts collection to pick up even more tips from champions and go behind-the-scenes of their final round stage performances.
Watch Final Rounds: Learn by watching the best perform in *final round videos.
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Final round videos from 2023 and earlier are included with membership. The 2024 final rounds are available to schools with the Resource Package. To check if your school has access, ask your coach, or log in to your account and select a 2024 video to check if you can open it.
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Getting to the National Speech & Debate Tournament
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The NSDA's National Tournament offers students a chance to compete against the best of the best, connect with peers from around the world, and watch (or even compete in) final rounds. Check out this video to get a feel for the energy at National Tournament: where student voices are heard and celebrated.
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There are four pathways to compete at the NSDA National Tournament. How will you get there?
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Main Event Qualification from Districts: Students can qualify in their main event via their district tournament. It's currently peak district season! Each district sets the dates for their competition. Check with your coach for details or explore the districts calendar to find out when your tournament is.
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Main Event Qualification from the Last-Chance Qualifier: Students who do not qualify in their main event at districts have another chance to make it to Nationals in their main event via our online Last-Chance Qualifier April 24-26. Learn more or ask your coach to register you by April 17.
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District World Schools Teams: Each district can send two teams of three to five students to compete in World Schools Debate at Nationals. Each district sets their own selection process, but if you're interested, talk to your coach or district chair. Learn more about World Schools Debate »
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Supplemental Event Entries: Every member school has the opportunity to send two member students to compete in supplementals at the tournament. No qualification is required. Supplemental events start on Wednesday at the National Tournament. Check out the schedule for more details and access resources to get started with supplemental events. Supplementals include:
- Speech: Extemp Commentary, Original Spoken Word Poetry, Prose, Expository, Impromptu, Poetry, and Storytelling
- Debate: Extemp Debate
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NEW: Submit Extemp Questions for the National Tournament
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Are you an Extemp enthusiast? Here’s your chance to help shape the questions for the 2025 National Tournament! Students, coaches, and alumni can submit Extemp questions for consideration. You won’t know which questions make the final cut until Nationals. If yours are selected, great! If not, your team has some strong questions you've generated to use for practice. Your team's ideas can help make Extemp even better!
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Compete in Free Online Scrimmages
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There are three more free, online scrimmages scheduled for second semester. Ask your coach to register you to participate in our after-school Springboard sessions to get valuable practice from school or home! Details »
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Celebrate National Speech and Debate Education Day Tomorrow
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Are you ready to mark the occasion for National Speech and Debate Education Day? We're upping the ante this year with surprise gifts for our Centennial. Join in, explore the fun activities with your team, and enter for a chance to win a fun outing at the 2025 National Tournament! More details »
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Help us Find the Next Hall of Fame Legend
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As part of our Centennial Celebration in 2025, you have the unique opportunity to recognize an award worthy coach or a non-coach adult who has been an avid speech and debate supporter in your area! Nominate them for Hall of Fame Legend consideration and they could be honored at the National Tournament this summer! Regardless of whether they win, nominating them and sharing the words you wrote can help show them the difference they make in students’ lives. Nominations are due Monday, March 10.
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Create Posters to Celebrate Your Team
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Use our template to create posters featuring your teammates to recruit members, spread the word about your team, or celebrate successes! They would look great in a classroom, squad room, on a team bulletin board, or as locker signs.
You can also explore our poster series for various celebratory months.
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