I am slightly nervous about tomorrow. I will be public announcer at the field hockey game and my game will be broadcast on television, on a tape delay.
Basically I need to be prepared and do the best I can and hope for the best. I also can't distract myself by trying to get score updates on a certain team...which I guarantee you I will be thinking about.
Yesterday I went to a Pre-Kinesiology meeting with prospective students in our department. I was someone who was sent to answer questions on behalf of the Sports Management department. It was funny because the other sports management speaker was a men's soccer team manager. I think you know what I am.
I love speaking and giving advice. Well, I love talking. Although I can be shy at first or shy around people I don't know well, even if I know one person in the group. I'm best and most comfortable with 1 on 1 conversations. I've gotten used to speaking to groups though. I do it when I hand out tickets and when I announce and field hockey games and just in general. I don't hate public speaking the way I once did.
I love talking about sports too, and I love trying to help others do the things that I have been enjoying while at UCONN. I love answering the questions and telling people the things that I wish they had told me. I try to make an impact on others lives. One of my favorite quotes is the quote by Jackie Robinson that says "A Life is not important except for the impact it has on others." I agree with that. Other people's memories of me and my works, and the work I leave behind is what will out-live me, whether it be when I move on or succumb to the inevitable.
In many ways that's what I like best about my blog. It will outlive me.
So, how did you do during your first public/time delayed public broadcasting?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I said Sherer right. I wasn't the broadcaster on television but I was just the public announcer for a game that was on television. Basically what I said would be heard on TV in the background.
ReplyDeleteIt went fine. I never thought about actually being heard on TV. I don't remember making any big slip ups. I'm sure I made a mistake here or there on the pronunciations of the opponents, which I hate doing, but it happens.
I did the best I could so that makes me happy. I will be announcing a game in a couple of weeks on my 21st birthday.
Which game?
ReplyDeleteI am the public announcer for all field hockey games, my birthday is October 28th.
ReplyDeleteMy speech won't be slurred.