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You’re telling me that after 15 years we finally found that guy? Haha. Glad you’re OK! A mystery solved.

Our script is something like, "Ladies and gentlemen, substitution for (team). Now leaving the field, Number ___, (name). He's replaced by Number ___, (name)."

Study study study. I'm typically looking at lineups and trying to get pronunciations as soon as I can. Read up on game background as to who will be starting - or talk to coaches, if this is the high school level. As much prep as possible. During the game, football is mostly about information first: who caught the ball, made the tackle, down and distance, and less about the style or the fluff. Many think that they have to have a catch-phrase or lingual gymnastics, but high school parents especially just want to hear their kid's name. When reading scripts over-annunciate - PA systems anywhere can be notoriously hard to hear. This is also where you can use some verbal stylings. Most of all, have fun! Smile and know that it's not really work!

It’s been 4 years but I’m in ur same position, I’ve found you just gotta talk to as many people as possible. Anyone can have a great voice and flow but you gotta know someone to get a job like this.

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Annunciation! A lot of people might say "don't talk too fast." Well, in actuality, in a high pressure situation like we have at Arrowhead with the Chiefs, or even a fast-paced show like the soccer game here, sometimes you have to read fast to get it in the time allotted. When you must speed it up, think of the Micromachines Guy in your head (or Google if you don't know him). The key is over-annunciate and even over-inflect a bit when having to pick up the pace. That will still allow your words to be distinguished in a loud environment over what could be less-than-optimal sound systems. We have a rule in radio: when you think you've gone "over the top", kick it up even one MORE notch...and that's when it will be perfect. Due to bone conduction and other physiological attributes of your skull and ears, everyone sounds different to themselves. The key to being a good announcer - PA, radio or otherwise - is learning to ignore that, put your voice into "performance" mode and then you will deliver that signature sound. Another point is coming up with your own voice. Take that to mean many different things: literally, your own "voice" in that you don't want to directly copy someone else. Cribbing off of Don LaFontaine or Don Pardo may evoke good emotions on the part of the listener, but do so only in maybe style or to get tips. Directly copying someone could come off as parody. You want to fashion the words into your own voice and style. Come up with a signature pattern or cadence. The final thing I can tell you (before I write a book here) is to do as much as you can to practice so you sound natural delivering the words instead of just reading them. I like to get the gameday script in advance as much as possible, so I can read over it and even memorize some of the lines. When I know the material like an actor would, I can then bend those sentences into my own voice and phrasing and deliver them more naturally -- or at least better than if I were just robotically reading them. Hope those help! Ask anything you like! I'll answer as much as I can! Or better yet, post some vids of YOUR announcing. We all get better together. Good luck this fall!

@@BryanTruta Nailed it! Thank you for all the great advice!

Sounds great, Jose! Are you looking for recorded voice over for your son's team? I'd be happy to record some, if you wish. Send to my e-mail bryan.truta44(at)gmail

Are you still announcing? If so, how's it going?

Albruit Great memory, JR! Hahaha. I know, I just always wanted to hear myself talk.

***** Josh - I wouldn't say I like one or the other better; it's just that they are different. With only 10 home games and 4x the crowd, the NFL is really just this atmosphere on a larger scale. Doing something over the microphone that gets a reaction from 78,000 people at once is certainly amazing. That said, I am a HUGE soccer fan and this production staff has made great strides in producing a very slick, very tight game package that gets you going from the very beginning. Basically, I love doing the job: commanding the crowd, getting them pumped up at the right times, bringing them down when necessary, imparting information when needed. Those are the basic skills. Taking words on a page and making them my own: well, that's just the art of it.