Competitive events
You have the rulebook. Now what?
by rachel
Now that TSA registration has begun, schools across this state will gain
access to the official National TSA rulebook, which contains the breakdown
of every TSA event. These are the competitions that students will be
participating in at the state and national conference. Once a school is
able to access this rulebook, I highly encourage students and advisors alike
to begin looking through the events, and to get comfortable with the
terminology that is used. On our state website, there are two resources that
may help you understand the guidelines these rulebooks lay out.
The first is our annotated rulebook, which can be found:
http://www.californiatsa.org/for-students/annotated-rulebook/. This is a
copy of an old event, with annotations throughout the rulebook that
highlights guidelines you should look out for, and advice on how to extract
the important reminders that are dotted throughout an event guide. The
second resource can be found: http://www.californiatsa.org/glossary-ofterms/. In our glossary you can find terms that many rulebooks use, and an
explanation of exactly what they mean. Perusing these two pages on our