比赛的电路

的 国家演讲 & 辩论协会 (NSDA) was founded in 1925. NSDA offers a system of incentives for students to participate in debate and forensics. Students may earn points in accordance with their success at tournaments. After a student earns over 25 points, they become eligible for lifetime membership in NSDA. 的 points are cumulative for the students’ career. Only NSDA members are allowed to compete in NSDA District tournaments (which qualify for the NSDA 国家演讲 & 辩论比赛). Prominent NSDA alumni include Chadwick Boseman, 扎克·埃夫隆, 约旦Peele, 布拉德•皮特, Pinterest Founder Ben Silberman, President Lyndon Johnson, Josh迦得, 斯蒂芬·科尔伯特, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Academy Award winner Don Ameche, Emmy Award winner Daniel J. Travanti, actress Shelly Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchor Jane Pauley, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, 伊丽莎白·沃伦, and thousands of other leaders in politics, 业务, 教育, 法律, 公共服务. Since its founding in 1925, NSDA has enrolled over 1.2 million members in all fifty states, U.S. possessions and several foreign countries. Currently over 140,000 high school students and over 3,000 high school teachers are active members.

的 Texas Forensic Association (TFA) is a statewide organization that was founded in 1972 and hosts the largest state speech/debate tournament in the nation. High schools across the state apply each year to be TFA State qualifying tournaments. Students who place in these tournaments earn TFA State points. Students who earn the necessary TFA State points in each event qualify to participate in the TFA State tournament. 的 location of the tournament rotates between each of the five TFA regions. 欧宝体育 has the distinction of winning the state tournament more than any other school in the history of the organization.

的 Tournament of Champions was founded in 1972. All teams attending must earn the right to compete based on “bids” earned at select events throughout the country. 在TOC, 林肯道格拉斯, 政策, Public Forum and Congressional debaters, and individual event speakers, compete for the right to be called the TOC Champion.

的 National 辩论 Coaches Association is a national organization for coaches. 的 goals of the National 辩论 Coaches Association rest on two pillars – coach 教育 and coach retention. 的 ultimate vision is to provide opportunities for high school coaches to strengthen their abilities to provide stronger learning environments for their students. 的 NDCA also hosts an annual NDCA Championships held in April of each year in the debate events.