Creating demonstration speeches is an interesting dilemma. Does one go towards the easier speech and do some cooking or go towards a more difficult topic like athletics? I chose the latter and tried my best to teach the class how to throw discus. This created yet another dilemma for me as I am a perfectionist when it comes to discus. Whenever I am coaching I always force myself to use perfect form and force others to do the same. Teaching discus in five minutes does not allow for nearly perfect form. Being in a sling did not help me show this perfect form either.
While watching my speech I saw many, many things wrong with it. The biggest thing I noticed was how I kept turning my back to the camera. It would have been very nice to have had the clicker to advance my speech and not have to break eye contact. I was also talking very rapidly and not enunciating properly. I could have slowed down and not have slurred any of my words. I also did not explain things as much as I should have and also should have used more repetition. I basically only went over how to throw discus once without repeating any of the steps. I ended with absolutely no conclusion. My speech just ended, I easily could have added in a conclusion going over all the steps again. This speech would have been much easier if I would had been out of the sling. I would have been able to show the steps instead of requiring pictures, making the speech flow better. If I could, I would redo this speech with many changes.
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