People have always recommended careful, steady and slow breaths to help calm the nerves prior to any frightening event. I never, ever breathed deeply before any show, rally or speech that I ever attended, and it might have showed from time to time when I seemed nervous up on stage. Though I did find the techniques to breathing properly a little funny, I think it stuck in my mind how important this breathing factor is to making a better speech. Another thing that would help me increase my confidence is to remember the introduction and conclusion of my outline. Confidence in the beginning and the end could potentially make the whole middle part of my speech that much better.
So my takeaways? Confidence, relaxing and remembering, to better prepare myself for any upcoming speeches.
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I certainly agree that proper breathing is important in speech giving. My first couple of times giving a speech my nerves got worked up before it was my turn and I had subconsciously been holding my breath or not breathing as deeply as I should have. When I gave the speech all that air was waiting to be quickly exhaled and my words came out faster than I had been practicing. I would run out of breath mid-sentence which I’m sure seemed really strange to the audience. I guess another helpful hint is to also remember to breathe during the speech-giving. It helps in the overall presentation.
ReplyDeleteHello Crambosho! You are correct, breathing is a great technique. I will sometimes ask students to breathe before we start our speeches as a class, just to make sure people are remembering to breathe. I know it sounds quite strange, but sometimes people forget to breathe, or they get a bit nervous before speaking and start to breathe a bit more shallow than normal. The reminder to take a few slow deep breaths will help cut down on anxiety a bit. :) Good post!
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