Coaching is hard! I’m sure other coaches can sympathize with me when I say this…it’s not really easy.
But coaching speech is a whole other level of difficult…
No offense to coaches of other sports but when you have 14 events, 40+ kids each with probably 2 different events and they expect you to know everything about their piece even if you’ve never seen it…life is a bit tough!
Allow me to elaborate on what it’s like leading up to the first tournament! Continue reading
Have you seen the movie The Hunger Games?
The first one where the kids all leap off the podium to slaughter the other kids?
That’s the only way to truly explain what Sectionals looked like!
Here is some speech math for you:
Speech has 14 events. 4 kids advance from Regionals in each event. 6 pieces break into a final. Only the Top 3 advance to State.
It’s a literal bloodbath!
If murder was allowed…I mean I’m just saying it might happen!
So many tears are shed all day…it’s Kleenex’s favorite day of the year probably. So why not show you an accurate depiction of the tears that are shed at Sectionals. Continue reading
This is a follow-up to the 18 Kids You’ll See At A Speech Tournament post.
Since I called out the kids on their behavior it seemed only fitting to call out the judges.
Good and bad we rely on judges to give feedback to kids to better their performances.
Sometimes we get great judges…sometimes we don’t! It’s always hit and miss and it’s out of our control which is super frustrating!
So please enjoy the types of judges you’ll see at a speech tournament!
Speech is one of the most complex events to attend. It’s really hard to explain what it’s like, but I’m going to try!
I’ll be doing a couple of speech blogs over the next couple weeks to kind of invite people into this crazy world that I love.
For the first part I will be informing you about the type of kids you’ll see at a speech tournament.
Every kid is different. You learn that from coaching. You just hope that you can help them become better. Because that’s what you’re getting paid to do.
No one is there to see anyone fail. But I can’t lie it is more entertaining to have a few surprises!
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