Speech Review

For my demonstration speech, I chose the topic of stringing a lacrosse goalie stick. I realized right before my speech that it is not something everyone would be interested in. Not everyone plays lacrosse so most of the people listening didn’t really care, but it was something I was good at so it was a good topic for me. Basically the steps involved in stringing a lacrosse stick included: gathering the materials, stringing the top of the stick, stringing the sides of the stick, closing up the bottom of the stick, putting in the shooting strings, and then pounding the pocket to give you a nice channel.
I thought my energy and enthusiasm for this speech was good. Lacrosse is something I am very passionate about so I was really excited to give a speech about stringing a stick. I thought my volume was pretty good as well. Sometimes I have a tendency to get too loud when I give speeches but I felt that I controlled this well. My eye contact was poor but I think this was due mainly to my topic and use of visual aid. Stringing a stick requires you to look down at the holes and string a lot and to have a lot of concentration on what you do with your hands. Because of this, I wasn’t able to make eye contact with my audience very much.
I thought my visual aid was pretty effective. There really isn’t any other visual aid you can bring in besides a lacrosse stick when you are doing this topic. One thing I wish I could change was to have a screen projector to magnify what I was doing with my hands. This would’ve made the steps easier for my audience to see.
Overall, I don’t think I would choose this topic again. I liked it a lot and it is something I’m really good at, but it is very difficult to teach and for people to understand. Plus, it isn’t really relevant to many people so next time I would probably choose something that everyone can enjoy. As for the speech itself, I would make more eye contact, but overall I thought my voice and energy were very good.