This WFTDA announcer clinic will focus on building skills to participate at a tournament level, and cultivating professional broadcast standards for announcers at every level. The curriculum is designed to help you develop and grow the strength of your calls, both at home league events and at WFTDA Playoffs and Championships.
The course seeks to:
- Improve the quality of calls and observation techniques for the sport of roller derby
- Discover the similarities and differences inherent in roller derby announcing and other sports
- Find ways to make roller derby announcing more inclusive, especially at WFTDA Tournaments and Events
- Dissect the skills needed for in-arena announcing (PA calls and emcee); broadcast announcing (play by play and colour); and the art of the interview
Some of the curriculum presented during the course will include:
- Navigating WFTDA statistics
- Coaching and game play strategy at Playoffs and Championships
- New broadcast techniques and sideline reporting
- In-House and Emcee roles
- Giving and receiving feedback
- And much more!
Note that admission into this announcer clinic does not include your admission into ECDX which needs to be purchased separately here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecdx-2017-tickets-32604836945