Academic Decathlon Speech - Gold Medal - 989/1000

[SleepwithMusic]

can anybody give me advice. i need help. i need a speech before the end of january

[YLFRV333]

I got a silver medal at my scrimmage last Friday. I scored a 966 (: My friend got gold and she scored 970, so close!

[bounty657]

Your beast man

[thebearsareafterme]

holy shit! I'm also in decathlon and marching band. What instrument do you play?

[thekevster08]

@thebearsareafterme well, i played marimba for 2 years, tenor drum for a year, clarinet for 2 years, then clarinet + bassoon for a year. I was trying to get drum major so was trying to do a little bit of everything, but i wound up getting beat by the best drum major our school had in the 10 years i had followed the band.

[thebearsareafterme]

@thekevster08 thanks for replying. great speech btw. You're definitely right about band taking an immense amount of time and effort. But in the end, the ecstatic feeling that comes over you while playing on the field makes everything worthwhile.

[Rty102]

nice speech. hopefully i can come up with a good one for california's states. >< So much competition.

[mythic414]

how many pages did you have to write to get it to fit in the required time?

[tmlkrs]

@mythic414 Instead of worrying about length initially, just type/write to your hearts content. The key thing is to make sure that your speech is about something that you want to talk about. After typing it, time it, edit it, time it, edit it, and continue till you feel that it is complete.

[mythic414]

@tmlkrs ok. thank you for the tip, it was very helpful. i'll use it at state competition

[tmlkrs]

@mythic414 Good luck!

What state?

[mythic414]

@tmlkrs oklahoma. thanks i'll need it

[GerardsxMel]

This is a great speech!! congrats. I'm still looking for speech Ideas.

[demyxlover115]

hi there!

um...im a freshman, and this is my first year doing decathalon, and our team is determined to make it far!

do you have any study tips? anything would be appreciated!

and if your doing it this year, i would like to know!

thank you very much! :)

[advenger32]

damn, our scrimmage is on december 11 and its getting overwhelming. we are reading the grapes of wrath. did you have to read it?

[YLFRV333]

@advenger32 I read that last year too :D

[rinji1321]

I'm a freshman and this is my first year on the decathlon team. I was really inspired by your performance, now knowing that it's possible as a first year. How did you do on the impromptus, I suck at that. Any tips?

[windknife]

@rinji1321

For impromptus their gonna give you a flashcard to write down some notes before you give your speech. I suggest you learn how to make quick 3 point outlines and how to expound on your ideas. As for me, I try to put pauses at appropriate places and try to remember movie quotes.

[JustJumpx3]

p.s. Marching band is the most amazing sport ever. I can debate anybody who says it isn't

[JustJumpx3]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO :)

Best sport ever

[mexifrida]

how hard is it to do the speech? this is my first year, and i'm not exaclly very comfortable in front of an audience.

[thekevster08]

@mexifrida

its really not that hard. I'm actually a pretty shy person, I just practiced it enough to know it backwards and forwards. The hardest part is writing a speech about something that you are actually passionate about. After that, delivering it is easy!

And that was my first year too. You'll do fine if you just set your mind to it.

[daniyell26]

I was actually there...and i laughed so hard when u read this...i almost died. Speech showcase is so f u n!

[anothercoolusername]

i hope this is me in a week :D

[socom908]

ur great...

[oscarply93]

nice....i really dont know how they determine your medal....but my coach says it has something to do with the difficulty of your room...whatever that means....ive heard of people getting 990 and getting silver while another person got 942 but still received a gold medal

[Leyahckim]

Yeah i got a 992 and got a silver at State (Illinois)..the gold medal was a 995...i was so disappointed to find out that i loss by three points

[Filipinopower06]

nice speech... im kinda scared because its my first year...

[4yupyup]

@Filipinopower06 same here. :D

[davidyuan7536]

great job man

ur now a certified noob

have fun never getting laid

[iloveuall93]

wow dude dont be a little faggot do u know how hard this guy worked? i bet hes gonna get laid before u

maybe not by a hot girl, or maybe not even a girl

but still

[s3si1u]

wow, you're no help...

[constantyoutoober]

wtf DAVID?! why the hell are you watching this video?! randomest guy ever. and yeah, don't criticize his speech...he worked freaking hard to get that gold medal.

[s3si1u]

have fun never being smart

[lingojac]

great speech, but anyone else notice how many speeches start with 'imagine:'? maybe it's just me

[s3si1u]

true

[galtian]

I got a 940 on my phobias speech

and that's with messing up in the middle of it

I got bronze

grats on your speech

[hmsabo]

Oh goodness.

You successfully combined my two passions into one speech: AcaDec and marching band.

Kudos from a Californian Drum Major.

:D

[SamtheMan0728]

BULLARD HIGH FOR THE WIN!!!!! TWO 1000s in speech last year.

[blueberrybean]

nice speech.

I just got back from state.

993...missed a metal by that much, fourth place sucks.

[DarthMeanie]

I was just at state competition. A kid from our county had this hillarious speach on whether it was cheaper to be a man or a woman. He got a 1000 at county, but no medal at state. The stupid judges were so bad. Nearly everyone on our team inexplicably lost 100's of points on their subjectives. I gained on the objectives, but dropped like 600 on the subjectives, even though I KNEW I had done better.

That sucked

[ThugRandles]

Nice topic man- very funny =D

I got a 1000 on mine, but I was on effing team 2! Mine was a satire on the deterioration of the English language.

[later66]

where was this and what division. states or regionals?

i got a 930 in my speech in states yesterday, it was on hockey, i got gold for it. Nobody got above a 950 in our subjectives, including La Salle Collegiate McDowell and Slippery Rock as far as I know. Although maybe someone did in honors large school.

[thekevster08]

indiana small school state

[raamonk]

Great job man. lol.