Don’t Let This Emotion Kill You In The Sportscasting Job Market
Arrrgh!!!!
The sports broadcasting job market can be SO doggone frustrating!
A sportscaster shared this struggle with me via email:
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How Much Of Your Broadcast Should Focus On Your Opponent?
A play-by-play broadcaster told me his boss gives him grief for talking about the other team, their stories and their players.
He asks, “How much of my play-by-play broadcast should focus on the opponent?”
You must spend some time on the opponent.
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How To Master Your Voice As An Instrument
Vin Scully could have made as much money reading bedtime stories as doing play-by-play. If you’ve never heard the former Dodger great, go online and listen. Note how beautifully he used his voice as an instrument.
It’s the single most difficult aspect of sports broadcasting to master.
These three tips will help you master your voice as an instrument.
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Ask Hiring Managers For This
A sports talk show host told me that after he had unsuccessfully applied for a job, he asked the program director to critique his work.
I replied, “Oh my, why did you do that?
Here are three reasons you don’t want to ask hiring managers to critique your work.
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14 Must-Have Items For Your Play-by-Play Kit
In the old days, doctors made house calls. They brought with them a black kit filled with the essentials for the job — things like stethoscopes, syringes and bandages.
Play-by play broadcasters should also take a kit to work every day.
Here are 14 tools that should be in your play-by-play kit . . .
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Three Tips For Fresh Broadcasts Through A Long Season
It’s the middle of your play-by-play season and you’re feeling the grind to find new things to say about your team and the players on it.
What do you do?
A baseball broadcaster told me, “I find myself struggling to mix things up on an everyday basis. I feel like I’ve already said everything there is to say about a player or team. There’s always talking to the players before each game, but it becomes a struggle to talk to every single player and memorize all that information for the broadcast.”
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6 Ways To Elevate Your Coaches Shows
In my first radio job in McPherson, Kansas, I hosted Bulldog Sports Weekly, a weekly coaches show featuring the head football coach of McPherson College. We did it from Wendy’s on North Main Street in McPherson. The highlight, besides the fact that I loved the coach Dan Thiessen, was free hamburgers, fries and Frosties.
The challenge was having enough content to last for the hour.
These six tips will help you prepare a better coaches shows.
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Advice For Landing A DI Play-by-Play Job
If you were starving and needing to catch a fish, would you fish in a lake that has more than 200 fish, or would you fish in a lake with just one fish?
Unfortunately, trying to land a Division I football/basketball play-by-play job is like fishing in a lake with one fish and hundreds of people trying to catch it. One company, Learfield IMG College, manages most of the schools.
You must accept that looking for a DI play-by-play job is a process that is largely out of your control.
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Carter Wins 2019 Jim Nantz Award
Drew Carter, a senior at Syracuse University, is the winner of the 2019 Jim Nantz Award. The award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate sports broadcaster by Sportscasters Talent Agency of America.
It’s the fourth time in the 11-year history of the award, and the first time since 2015, that the trophy has been earned by a Syracuse student.
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9 Unusual Tips For Baseball Play-by-Play Broadcasters
Pitchers at the University of Florida used to swim as a regular part of their training. It’s well documented how Tom House, the old pitching guru, used to have his pitchers throw footballs to improve their throwing motion.
Baseball has long been a sport that is conducive to unusual training methods. The same goes for baseball broadcasters.
Here are nine uncommon tips for baseball play-by-play broadcasters.
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