Example humorous greetings for a school sports day to ease the tension
If you want to liven up the atmosphere at a sports day with a fun opening speech, this is a must-see! In this article, we’ve gathered example speeches you can use at sports festivals.
We’ve grouped them into categories: declarations by student representatives, athlete’s oaths for adult sports days held by companies or neighborhoods, and greetings for PTA members and honored guests.
When giving a humorous greeting, it’s important to speak loudly, energetically, and without embarrassment.
Use these sample scripts as a reference and deliver a fun greeting that helps ease everyone’s nerves!
Greeting for athlete’s oath by a student (1–10)
First, here are some funny example speeches for students to use when taking the athletes’ oath! We’ve gathered a variety: ones that poke a little fun at sports day, ones with a hint of giving up, and ones that make you want to quip, “Is that really what you’re going to try your best at?” Practice well so you don’t laugh at your own lines or stumble and miss the crucial funny parts.
Go in with the mindset that you’re the star of the sports day more than anyone else, and step up with confidence!
I swear to fight fair and square, while keeping in mind how to be attractive!
It’s a speech that seems to straightforwardly showcase the speaker’s feelings about the sports festival and the driving force that motivates them to take part in the events.
It conveys that top results in the competitions aren’t the highest priority; rather, it’s important to move in ways that make oneself look cool and create a state of being attractive.
While the content might come off as lacking seriousness toward the events, it also feels like it’s about creating the best condition and staying relaxed without overexerting oneself.
It’s a speech that makes you look forward to seeing how things turn out at the end, including whether the sports festival actually leads to being more popular.
There’s no guarantee that we can keep our promise!
An excellent phrase to get a big laugh at the end is: “There’s no guarantee we’ll be able to keep our vows.” Normally, you’d wrap up with “We vow,” but breaking that classic pattern is what makes it funny.
If you say something rather formal in the first half, speak with a solemn expression, and then drop this line at the end, it’s even more effective.
Keep the setup and punchline in mind as you craft the whole speech.
Of course, be careful not to go too far with the jokes—you might end up upsetting someone.
We swear! There’s only one thing we want to say: “We want to shine at the sports festival and be popular!”
Some people at a sports day are focused on getting solid results, while others value having fun—everyone approaches it differently.
This phrase zeroes in on what goal someone is pursuing and boldly highlights how people differ.
It adds a comedic touch by suggesting that success at the sports day is merely a stepping stone, and what really matters is the desire to be popular afterward.
By deliberately amplifying this almost worldly, desire-driven claim, it also conveys a wish to make the event enjoyable.
We solemnly swear to compete with integrity, create Instagram-worthy moments, and revel in our youth!
This is a speech that conveys the desire to carry out the sports festival—an event that will remain a precious memory from our school days—as beautifully as possible.
If these memories are going to be preserved as photos, it openly expresses a straightforward wish to create Instagrammable moments and have them captured.
Including the clear emphasis on making things Instagram-worthy, it also conveys that this is a precious time of youth.
The way they boldly declare a focus solely on looking good in photos invites playful teasing from those around them and helps ease the tension—making for a charming and disarming message.
I’ll take to heart that sometimes it’s important to give up, and I’m determined to fight with everything I’ve got!
Many people probably declare, “I’ll do my very best.” A unique way to put that is: “I’ll remind myself that sometimes it’s important to give up—and fight with everything I’ve got.” In context, you’re saying you’ll do your utmost, but there’s a touch of wistfulness to it, isn’t there? This way, you can get a lot of your peers to laugh and help them relax.
If you go in trying to sound funny from the start, it can kill the mood, so try delivering it earnestly, with genuine enthusiasm and a serious expression.
I pledge to fight with all my might as I aim to compete in the next XX Olympics!
It sounds like a speech that powerfully conveys passionate feelings toward the sports festival and strongly showcases the high goals embedded in it.
The extremely ambitious aim of using this sports festival as a springboard to move on to the next Olympics is asserted with full force.
By invoking the Olympics—the pinnacle of sports—the subsequent phrase “giving it our all” feels even more emphatic.
The content also leaves room for humorous pushback: it makes you wonder whether a sports festival can really lead to the Olympics and seems to arbitrarily decide that everyone is aiming for the Olympics.
That touch of irony helps ease everyone’s tension.
I vow to fight with an Instagram-worthy face no matter when or from where the photo is taken!
Big events always come with photo ops, and of course we all want to look our best to preserve beautiful memories.
This speech, which seems to straightforwardly express lofty ideals and high awareness about photos at a sports festival, really stands out.
You can feel a strong determination in the words about maintaining an Instagram-worthy look no matter what angle the photos are taken from.
The funny part is that it’s composed of phrases conveying high standards for photos, without expressing any thoughts about the competitions themselves.