• Are You A P. A. Announcer? Join THE NETWORK for Free0

    SportsAnnouncing.com is designed to be dedicated resource for P. A. announcers and those looking for P. A. announcers.  This is why we created “The Network”, where P. A. announcers can post about themselves, their sports, their location and even post audio samples of their work.  If you’re a sports P. A. announcer at any level,

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  • Burning Bridges0

    Recently, a fellow P. A. announcer shared that he’d lost a job that was once his, but due to family and other responsibilities, he had to step away from last year.  This year he would have been able to come back, however the organization found another announcer to take over. Through the course of conversation

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  • P. A. Announcer vs. Broadcaster0

    There are many differences between being a P. A. Announcer and a broadcaster.  Here, we will tackle those differences, and some similarities. To be a good announcer or broadcaster, you need to have an organization system that works for you, be prepared, and network properly.  Creating a network that can assist you with name pronunciations

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  • Names Are Important

    Names Are Important0

    The number one thing to remember when announcing, is to get names right.  Ask the coach, ask the player, ask the moms, ask the trainers, find anyway to get the names right. One thing that we’ve noticed a lot of recently is the number of lower-level coaches who don’t know their players names.  That seems

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  • Understanding the NFHS Basketball Rules3

    My big start came in high school.  It was in high school baseball where I had all kinds of freedom because there weren’t really rules for announcers so I set my own.  Be as professional as possible.  That seemed like a good rule.  But in the 23-plus years I’ve been announcing, I have come across

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