Treat your presentation like a practice, and you'll find the session will flow more smoothly. You won't regret it. Keep lecture time to a minimum Keeping in mind that young people come to camps to play basketball, speakers must beware that a lengthy presentation will likely fall on deaf ears after ten minutes or so. The younger the audience, the shorter the lecture time. Grade school kids, especially, have very little endurance in lecture situations.
Older kids seem to be more patient, but any lecturer who babbles on and on can be troublesome.
Get the campers up and moving Following a brief lecture, the guest speaker should incorporate within the presentation drills or group work which gets the troops involved. The kids are a tad restless after the initial speech, and they want to move. Station work is acceptable here, and staff should be encouraged to get involved. Nothing irks a speaker more than seated staff. Involve them early.