The National Debate Coaches Association

2024-2025 NDCA Resources

2024–2025 NDCA Novice Packet & Curriculum

This year’s packet contains a comprehensive set of arguments on the topic. It is available for download below.

Here is the Dropbox link.

We also have a novice-friendly demonstration debate that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-1AXEhHPVQ
You can find the speech documents from the round in a Googledoc under the description of the video.

As always, tournaments are encouraged to offer a packet-specific novice division whenever possible, which enhances educational value. For questions about the packet, or hosting a novice-packet division at your tournament, please contact contact@debatecoaches.org

2024–2025 Tournament Calendar

To view an updated tournament calendar for the current season, please view the Tournament Calendar tab. If you are hosting a tournament and would like your tournament to be added to the calendar, reach out to Maggie Berthiaume: maggiekb@gmail.com

2025 NDCA National Championship

We are excited to announce that the 2025 tournament will be hosted by Marist School in Atlanta, GA on April 11-14, 2025. Please view the National Championship tab for more details.