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About the GSL

Established in the 1960s, the Greater St. Louis Speech Association provides student workshops, coach professional development, and competition for all affiliated schools.  

Each Fall, the GSL hosts a workshop open to all coaches and students.  The workshop features varsity students from various schools demonstrating the various GSL Events in a relaxed environment; observing students and coaches are welcome to ask questions of the demonstrators at any time.  The "student teaching student" dynamic makes the complex world of Speech & Debate approachable for new students.

Throughout the Fall and Spring, GSL offers a "three-part conference" in the form of speech & debate round robins.  Each "GSL Tournament" (or segment) is held on its own weekend and consists of a speech-round robin and a debate-round robin.  Traditionally, speech competitors have three rounds on Friday evenings and debate competitors have five rounds on Saturday.  By the end of the conference, students in speech could potentially have NINE round of competition experience, and debaters could potentially have FIFTEEN rounds of competition experience.

Students can enter one, two, or all three segments of the conference.  
At the end of "GSL 3" the conference awards are announced, recognizing school and individual competitive records from all three of the conference segments.

For new coaches, the most appealing aspect of GSL is the value:  $100 per school covers all entries for the entire season!



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Created in 2019, this website is a collaborative, community-based project.  Creation, maintenance, and updates are handled by a small group of volunteers from the EastMO NSDA District Committee, the GSL Board of Directors, and the MSHSAA District #4 Committee.  Parts of the website are going to be more developed than others.  We welcome your feedback about broken links, improper formatting, or missing information!  Use the "About this website" link to learn more and how you can help us make this a better resource for coaches, teachers, students, and judges!
  • Home
    • About Us
    • Join Us
    • Contact Us
  • RESOURCES
    • CALENDAR
    • Current Topics
    • Congress Legislation
    • Start of Year Information
    • Resources for Coaches
  • GSL
    • GSL Home Page
    • About the GSL
    • GSL Leadership
    • Annual Workshop
    • GSL Registration, Forms, Manuals, and Tournaments
  • NSDA
    • NSDA Home Page >
      • About NSDA
      • NSDA District Leadership
      • Join the NSDA!
      • NSDA National Education Conference
    • NSDA Rules, Manuals, and Resources
    • Awards and Recognitions >
      • NSDA Awards Overview
      • STUDENT RECOGNITIONS >
        • Student of the Year
        • Ross Scholarship
        • NSDA Districts & Nationals Results
      • COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS >
        • Communicator of the Year
        • Administrator of the Year
        • Alumni Achievement Award
      • COACH RECOGNITIONS >
        • Coach of the Year
        • Assistant Coach of the Year
        • New Coach of the Year
      • Nominations
    • NSDA District Tournament
    • World Schools Debate
    • NSDA Nationals
  • MSHSAA
    • MSHSAA Home Page
    • About MSHSAA
    • MSHSAA District #4 Leadership
    • MSHSAA Rules Review
  • NCFL
  • STAM