The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association will host a clinic for football public address announcers on Saturday, August 1 from 9:00 a.m. – noon at the PIAA office in Mechanicsburg. The clinic will be conducted by the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers (NASPAA), the professional association for sports public address announcers.
Randy Cosgrove, Stadium Announcer forthe Pittsburgh Steelers, will be the clinician. The clinic is for P.A. announcers who announce junior high/middle school, high school, college, and youth football. Substitute announcers, as well as high school and college students, who would like to learn how to announce or who are announcing, are encouraged to register.
Besides learning the do’s and don’ts of announcing football, the clinic will cover the P.A. announcer’s role in promoting sportsmanship and dealing with emergency situations, all of which have liability implications. A variety of topics will be covered including scriptwriting, voice training and game announcing. A football official will review new rules changes, officials’ hand signals and ways that officials and P.A. announcers can better work together.
“PIAA is looking forward to hosting this inaugural NASPAA clinic in Pennsylvania, commented Bradley R. Cashman, PIAA Executive Director. “We thank NASPAA for its commitment to improving public address announcers’ skills. We believe this will be a great benefit to our membership to further promote the ideals of good sportsmanship and fair play through interscholastic education.”
“The PIAA is to be commended for its commitment to help raise the level of professionalism of P.A. announcing,” remarked Brad Rumble, NASPAA Executive Director. “P.A announcers who would like to improve their announcing skills and prepare for the upcoming football season will not want to miss this professional development opportunity.”
Information about the clinic and registration may be obtained at www.naspaa.net or by calling (816) 305-6293.
