Best Best Man Tips

by Anon

Whatever you decide to do for your speech, these general tips delivery should help:

• Relax. Remember, everyone listening to your best man speech are out for a great day, and they want things to work for you. They don't care if you're nervous, or you fluff your lines, these things happen so just laugh it off!


• Smile, be confident, use your hands to explain things if it helps. Just imagine that you're explaining something to a bunch of your friends in the pub. Because on this day, that's just who your audience will be.


• Don't be afraid to pause when people laugh at something you say (and they will!), pause and let them enjoy the joke before moving on. If you watch the best comics on TV you'll notice that after a joke they wait for the audience to stop laughing before moving on.


• Learn your speech by reading it over and over again. After about 10 times of this, try and read your speech without looking directly at it. If you forget something, check what it is and then start again. Keep doing this and soon you'll be ready to perform it without reading off the page.


• Don't worry about reciting the speech word for word. If you change a few words here and there from the script that's fine, as long as the main idea of is the same.


• Take your time with the speech. If it sounds to you that you're speaking too slow, then that's probably just the right pace. The slower and clearer you deliver the jokes, the funnier they will be. Again, listen to your favorite comedian. They practicaly shout out the punch lines of jokes to make sure you understand them!


• Talk clearly, and make sure that you're loud enough for everyone to hear. You don't need to shout, just above the level you would speak normally. If you're offered a microphone, take it. Your lines will sound best delivered loud and clear.


• Watch your drink! Have one or two drinks to calm the nerves if you must, but no more. Any more drinks, and you'll start to forget what's in the speech and how to deliver it.

Perhaps most importantly, have fun! Remember, this is your moment to be a star, and with a great best man speech and a relaxed clear delivery, you'll be just that!