TJ Walker explains why people mumble: nervousness causes muscular tension that reduces facial movement and lowers volume. He shows how anger at a referee proves you can project clearly, so mumbling is a learned behavior you can unlearn by managing tension.
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Are you a mumbler? Chances are if you're uncomfortable, if you're talking to someone in authority and you're feeling really nervous, you might be mumbling because we tense up. And when we tense up, our face doesn't move, our mouth doesn't move, our vocal cords get quiet, bring our volume down, our face stops moving, our lips stop moving, and it becomes harder for people to understand us. We're projecting the image that we are nervous and uncomfortable. And we might be, but that doesn't help you now. Chances are you don't mumble all the time. I've never seen some. Someone who's upset about a referee's decision at a football game or a soccer game mumble. What happens when that. Can you believe that idiot? He must be blind. What a horrible call. When people talk about a referee decision, they don't like. They never mumble because their volume is up, their face is moving and their hands are moving. If you can speak well, then you can speak well anytime.