PRESENTATION

TECNIQUES IN SPORTS
SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST ON PRESENTATION SKILLS
KEYS: 1 = very poorly 4 = very well

Ask yourself, how well did you:

Choose an appropriate topic? 1234
Focus on your topic? 1234
Define what you hoped to achieve (set objectives)? 1234
Develop a logical structure? 1234
Match your presentation to suit the audience? 1234
Deliver your presentation from your notes? 1234
Control your nervousness? 1234
Maintain eye contact with the audience? 1234
Prepare your visual aids? 1234
Use your voice (by changing tone, volume, rate, and pitch)? 1 2 3 4
Relate your body language (gestures, posture, facial expressions)
to what you were saying?
1234
Keep the interest of the audience to the end? 1234
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Summarize of Tips and Techniques

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY

Conan O’Brien is notorious for making fun of

himself, while Jerry Seinfeld turns ordinary
situations into incredible drama. Are you good at
impressions? Do you have over the top energy or do
you have a soft tone that can calm a crowd?
Whatever you got, use it and be you!

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Surprise them, Talk to a Cartoon

You can create a short animated video, using

animation softwares, integrate it into your
presentation, and interact with an animated
character. It can be a cartoon, a celebrity, an evil
corporate boss or even the smiling sun! Just
prepare the character to pop in from the right or
left- then stand on the opposite side and
interact. That’s it! You’ve added a new
dimension to your presentation.
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
 İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Don’t Read

PowerPoint was created to show bullets and short text. The

purpose of your written words are to act as a trigger; they
get you talking about each point. The rest should come
from you. Spend the time choosing your keywords and not
writing descriptions.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Use Your Hands
Italians do it, pick up artists do it, and
successful politicians do it: Move your hands!
Point to a picture on the slide, add gestures,
mimic a motion, and use your hands to
emphasize the expressions on your face.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Pump Yourself Up
Pre-gaming is all about preparing for the final game. In
this case, you may want to loosen nerves by jumping up
and down, screaming out the title of your presentation or
practicing the entire thing, one more time, in front of the
mirror… Your energy level sets the bar! Yes, that
exclamation mark was put there to prove a point! When
you are pumped up it’s easy to extend this energy to your
audience. You are not lecturing to a college class, or
reading off data to your peers, you are on stage! And you
are excited. Be loud, be enthusiastic, and be happy.
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Take a Pause, Prevent ‘Ummmm…’
This is one of my favorite tricks, if you get stuck or
nervous in the middle of your presentation, saying
“um” or “Ah” feels good because it fills the silent
room. There are 2 quick fixes: Talk slower and add
pauses for emphasis.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Vocal Variety
Do you want to ride a rollercoaster or stare at a still river? When it
comes to speech the rollercoaster is the way to go! Amazing public
speakers alternate their voice and tone between loud and low,
excited and serious, soft and dramatic… this is called “vocal variety”
and it keeps people tuned in to what you have to say.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Don’t talk at people, talk to them. Look at the
friends in the front row, in the middle aisle and at
the back. You don’t have to consciously remember
this; just integrate eye contact into your
presentation by moving around! Pacing a bit or
changing sides will naturally move your eyes to
different areas of the room. Stop in the middle of
the presentation and ask a question, look around
at those who answer or agree/ disagree.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Focusing all your attention on the decision maker (i.e. professor,
teacher, investor) is a big mistake – You’ll get an A if you delivered
your message effectively, not by selling to the teacher.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Let Images Take Over Your Screen
Images are powerful. Instead of using bullets on each slide to
emphasize your point, you can take up the whole screen with a
strong or even controversial image. Are you making a presentation
on foreign language, show a confused tourist in Paris! Are you
speaking about technology in third world countries? This image by
Sven Torfinn is breathtaking! Allow the picture to engage for you.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Make ’em Laugh
Being professional and informative does not mean you can’t be
fun! We all know humor makes everything lighter and better! And
there is almost always a way to fit in into any presentation.
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 on the huge projector
screen (which looked like an exact duplicate of the iPhone 3) he
joked, “Stop me if you’ve seen this before.” He knew the audience
anticipated a grand new design so he beat them to the punch with
a short quip.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Tell a Story
We listen to people when we connect to them and we connect to
them through telling stories. Why? Because telling stories builds
trust. You are sharing a part of you that you may not necessarily
share with everyone. A personal story is the fastest way to build
trust, show you are human and stir emotion. The emotion can be
laughter, sadness or tears, it doesn’t matter, by conveying
your message through a narration you have paved the way for any
subject or topic. Just ask Jacob Barnett, the 14-year-old
astrophysicist who was labeled as autistic. He shows you how
society can be dead wrong as he takes you along his journey from
outcast to prodigy. İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
How to Pick the Story You Tell
Pick a story your audience can relate to; If you are marketing a
product or advertising a service this can be difficult, but luckily you
are presenting to fellow students! So put your brain in their brain.
For instance, if you are presenting to college students, what do
they like, what do they fear… College is when you are on your own,
when you fall in love, or join your first gym. You learn about what
subjects make you passionate and how exams can steal your sleep.
How does one of these experiences connect to your presentation
topic?

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Aristotle’s Golden Rule of Three
This trick is taught to college freshmen in Business 101. Aristotle
stated it simply in his book ‘Rhetoric’: After learning something
new, people tend to remember three things. That means that your
audience members will take away only three important points
from your 10 or 15-minute presentation. So don’t stress on the
finer details. Of course, it is important to have the right data, but
your goal is simple — educate the audience on a new idea, a
solution or the main research of your topic, not the fine print. You
should repeat the main ideas throughout your presentation and
summarize them at the end so that the important points stick!
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
You may not be the researcher who came up with the stats but you
took a topic, organized it, and summarized the data… be proud. If
an audience member or professor points out a mistake or asks a
question you are unsure of – own it! Apologize if you are incorrect
and praise the questioner! You can say, “wow, you make a good
point, Thank you, I just learned something new” or “ Great
question, I’m not sure of the answer I’ll look it up later and get back
to you with the results.” Confidence and humility taste better than
peanut butter and jelly (well, it’s pretty close).

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022
Do you think life and sport have some similarities? Could you
explain with details and your opinions?

At least 7-10 slide – Minumum 5-6 Min.

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi

Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu 2022