Neil Price’s recent move from women’s basketball and baseball voice at the University of Kentucky to the football and men’s basketball job at Mississippi State is part of a developing trend:
Doing baseball and men’s or women’s basketball at a Power 5 can be a shortcut to a Power 5 football and men’s basketball job.
MSU is the third university in 12 months to hire a voice who was not doing football at their prior school.
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About this time a year ago, I was wondering if I would get the chance to ever to call another game, much less a national title game.
When my situation in Columbus, Ohio, changed, I went searching for work, and was fortunate enough to land a freelance job calling Division II Ashland University men’s and women’s basketball. It was not the “glamour” gig that I had calling Ohio State games, but it was a good way to stay alive and kicking in the business. (Maybe another blog sometime)
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A sportscaster had the opportunity to call a handful of games this basketball season on ESPN3. He is hopeful it will lead to a chance to broadcast games regularly for ESPN.
Do ESPN3 games lead to opportunities with ESPN? Maybe. This topic was recently explored in the STAA forums, with great insight provided by someone who has helped produce many E3 productions.
Your chances for moving up to ESPN partly depend on who hired you to do ESPN3 games.
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New York City FC play-by-play broadcaster Tom Kolker on the importance of developing chemistry with your analyst.
Jayhawks voice Brian Hanni shares the keys to great play-by-play.
Play-by-play broadcasters all have access to information about fundamentals – time and score, ball location, etc. What sets apart great broadcasters is discovering and implementing advice that isn’t available to the masses. A great way to do that is to ask industry pros to critique your work.
Many sportscasters have shared with me critiques they have received from some of the top play-by-play broadcasters in the industry. Today, I want to share them with you.
Here are 5 tips to take your play-by-play from good to great:
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You need a good vocabulary in PBP, but can it be too good? Jayhawks voice Brian Hanni with a word of caution.
Brian Hanni, Voice of the Jayhawks, on how you can develop your personal style and let your personality shine through your PBP.
Tom Kolker, Play-by-Play Announcer for New York City FC, shares suggestions for pinpointing the ball on the soccer pitch.
If you plan on applying for the 2017 Jim Nantz Award and STAA All-America program honoring the nation’s most outstanding collegiate sportscasters, start thinking now about what’s going to make you stand out.
Every year, the same errors in broadcasting fundamentals cause many applicants to not rank as high as they might have hoped. The broadcasts you do this Fall and Winter will help you win the award in the Spring.
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