Demonstration Speech: How to Stick Handle

To be totally honest, I was a little afraid to do this demonstration speech. I have had a lot of practice as far as talking to groups of people goes, but it is always something that I get butterflies doing. I choose stick handling because it is something that I have done for a very long time. I think that my intro was fairly decent and that I was able to keep the audience interested throughout the entire speech. I was able to incorporate my visual aids well because they were such key parts to the whole presentation. My delivery was the part of my speech that needed work. I had good pace and body contact, but I needed work on my volume being consistent. There are parts where it is hard to hear what I am saying. I could have looked at the audience a little more as well.

I think that overall, my speech was very informative and interesting because not many people realize how much work goes into being a great hockey player. My length was good and the audience gave me a fairly positive feedback after the speech was finished. One thing that I would really have to work on if I had to do another one is I used “um” quite a bit and it made me seem unsure of myself at times. This is something that would disappear if I just practice my speeches a little more.

For the most part this was an enjoyable experience for me. I also enjoyed listening and learning from other peoples speeches as well. I think everyone should learn to speak in front of a group of people and this is a great way to learn how.