Team Management
Find tools for strengthening your program and expanding your coaching knowledge. For more resources, visit our resource table.
Resource Access
This collection features resources from a variety of membership levels.
Free: Resources available to all.
Members: Resources available to members logged in and attached to a school with an NSDA membership.
Resource Package Subscribers: Resources available to individuals or teams who are logged in and have purchased a Resource Package with additional tools.
Professional Development
Members
Self-Paced NSDA Learn Courses
Dive deeper into norms and coaching strategies with content from experts.
Members
Accreditation
Build your resume and stand out to administrators with our Professional Accreditation program.
Members
On-Demand Conference Sessions
Study under peers and experts with our National Conference video archive.
How To’s
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600 Middle Schools
5,200 Coaches
140,000 Students
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Free
Enter Points
Access your guide to student points entry.
Free
Connect your Roster with Tabroom.com
Follow these steps to create and link an account on the tournament hosting and tabulation site, Tabroom.com.
Tournament Hosting
Free
Navigating Tabroom.com
Visit your hub for self-guided Tabroom.com support. This page includes helpful guides for learning how to use Tabroom.com, whether as a tournament director, coach, or participant.
Free
How to Host a Tournament
Find the information you need to host your first speech and debate tournament.
Free
Plan an Online Tournament on NSDA Campus
Plan an online tournament using our secure, low-cost hosting solution.
Free
Guide to Online Tournaments
Find tips, questions to consider, and our lessons learned from hosting online tournaments.
Free
Order Trophies
Choose from thousands of trophies, medals, and plaques, or work with our team to design something custom!
Recruitment and Advocacy
Free
Advocate for a Team
Access tools, templates, and more to advocate for your program or to help start a new one!
Free
Inclusive Resources for Classrooms and Tournaments
Download tempates, guides, competitive resources, and more free tools designed to support your efforts to make your classroom, practices, and tournaments more equitable.
Members
Building and Mentoring a Diverse and Equitable Team
Enroll in free, self-paced NSDA Learn courses for best practices on recruiting students with disabilities, African American/Black students, and LGBTQ+ students.
Free
Recruit Students
Find strategies for building your program.
Free
Secure Funding
Use our tools and templates to plan fundraising activities or pitch your administation for financial support.
Free
Press Release Templates
Spread the word about your team’s upcoming tournament or report on a successful showing.
Free
Team Handbook
Download a sample team handbook to use as inspiration for your team policies, including a practice schedule and requirements, communications, ethics, attire, and more.
Free
Student Leadership Program
Build a student leadership model that fits your team, attract, interview, select, and onboard student leaders, and train leaders to run practices and bootcamps independently.
Judge Tools and Trainings
Free
Judge Training
Read or share judge training resources and quick event primers.
Free
Free Course: Adjudicating Speech and Debate
Enroll in free, self-paced NSDA Learn courses for best practices on recruiting students with disabilities, African American/Black students, and LGBTQ+ students.
Free
Sample Ballots
Use our sample ballots to get a sense for how students will be evaluated or for practice competition.
Free
Event Overviews
Explore the basics of each event and what it takes to succeed.
Free
Judge Board
Do you need a judge for an upcoming tournament? Do you want to judge an upcoming tournament? Our Judge Board is a list of contacts in the speech and debate community who have indicated their interest in judging tournaments.