FFA Reflective Essay

For my informative speech, I talked about softball. I discussed the importance of gloves, finding the right bat, and the three important things when it comes to swinging the bat. I feel like my speech went pretty well. It could have been better due to the fact that when I presented I had not practiced my speech at all. I had just written out my speech on my notecards that morning before school. I also finished writing my conclusion on my outline during band that day, which is the period right before English. The week when presentations started, I was gone due to an FFA trip that I was signed up for. I was gone for two days, but it was two days that people presented their speeches. My first idea was a book, but I found out that five other people were …show more content…
I even had to finish writing my speech. I did not write as much in class because I was unsure of where I was going with my speech. I was prepared to present on Thursday, but we ended up having camera trouble, and we did not get to me. I could not go on Friday due to choir practice. I then had the whole weekend to prepare and to polish up my speech. I was really confident and prepared when I started to give my speech. I know that if you go first you do not have many examples, but I like to see what other people did, and I also would have liked a few more examples to go off of. I was about seventh on the list on the Tuesday that I presented. To be honest, I did not think that I would have had to go. There were three people sick, and there were two people not ready so that made me second. It was helpful that I had written out my notecards. I also knew most of the stuff I was talking about so it was not hard for me to make eye contact with people once I got started. I am always going to get nervous for speeches so whenever I get started, I may rush a little, or not seem as confident when I