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Group Critique 45: October 2020

We have audio critiques featuring football, baseball and interviewing. The video portion focuses on football play-by-play and TV sports anchoring.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

An important area where broadcasters are held to a higher standard.
When to sprinkle scores from other games into your broadcast. And when not to.
A baseball play-by-play tip you’ve likely never heard but will make a big difference
A common interviewing mistake.
An important time NOT to talk in a football telecast.

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Posted on October 9, 2020 in Audio, Videos

Topic: Baseball PBP,Football PBP,Interviewing,TV Play-by-Play,TV Sports Reporting

Group Critique 34: November 2019

The video features two football tracks and the audio features football, basketball and an interview.

Among the things you’ll learn:

TV:
The key time to NOT be talking on each play.
The difference between play-by-play on radio and TV boiled down to two simple sentences.
Who is right when you disagree with the on-screen graphic about how many yards are needed for a first down.
Radio:
How to punch up key plays.
A common mistake among basketball broadcasters regarding last names.
How to reset an interview and why it’s important.

And much more!

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Posted on November 15, 2019 in Audio, Videos

Topic: Basketball PBP,Football PBP,Interviewing,TV Play-by-Play

Group Critique 31: August 2019

This month’s group critique session reviews six clips, including baseball, basketball and an interview.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

An important consideration when choosing the start of a demo segment.
An especially effective way to phrase an interview question.
The thing that must not be ignored when a runner is on base.
A two-word phrase that does not belong in your play-by-play.
The critical thing you must do on every basketball change of possession.

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Posted on August 20, 2019 in Audio

Topic: Baseball PBP,Basketball PBP,Interviewing

Group Critique 28: May 2019

This month we are featuring radio critiques of basketball, baseball and an interview. The TV critique features basketball play-by-play.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

A simple exercise to help you immediately find your big play voice
What it means for a play-by-play voice to get out of the library and onto the roller coaster
Two words to eliminate from your play-by-play vocabulary
An example of a strong interview question technique
Something you can get away with radio but not on TV
Good example of word economy in TV Play-by-Play

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Posted on May 28, 2019 in Audio, Videos

Topic: Baseball PBP,Basketball PBP,Interviewing,TV Play-by-Play

Group Critique 27: April 2019

Your April group critique includes an interview, plus play-by-play critiques of football and basketball.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

A helpful technique for asking good questions.
The interview equivalent of time and score.
Why it’s important to ask open-ended questions.
Right and wrong ways to give the score.
Various ways to convey energy and drama.
What basketball voices should be doing instead of narrating every pass.
Terrific examples of plots, subplots and character development.

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Posted on April 18, 2019 in Audio

Topic: Basketball PBP,Football PBP,Interviewing

Group Critique 13: August 2017

This month our Group Critique includes radio and TV demos. Under radio we have plenty of baseball PBP, football PBP, and an interview. On the TV side Jon reviews basketball and baseball play-by-play.

Here’s what you’ll learn: