Sport Biography
Week 4 - Assignment Sport Biography
To explore your interest in a particular sport figure or sport-related figure and apply the concepts covered in class, you will write a biography. You must focus on a well known figure. Your biography should cover the following: * A brief discussion of the person’s non-sport background. * A brief discussion of the person’s sport background. * What is this person’s defining moment or moments (e.g., hitting a buzzer beater, a “walk-off” home run, choking, etc.)? * What is this person best known for? (i.e. leadership, off-court problems/behavior, being a “clutch” player, etc)? * Who admires this person? Why? Do you? * Identify at least 3 major concepts from the text and tell how the person illustrated or illustrates each concept.
As you do research for your biography you will be reading books, doing web research, and so on. Anytime that you are including material in your report that you gleaned from another sources you need to cite that source in the text of your paper and include a reference page where you tell how someone who is reading your paper can find the source that you used. Use this web site for help formatting electronic citations: http://ww.apastyle.org/elecsource.html. Use this site for traditional paper citations: http://www.apastyle.org/. Any time you use information from another source you must put that information in your own words and cite them. Your Biography must be 5-7 double-spaced pages and follow the APA formatting guidelines.
In reflecting on athletic success, sport directors and managers, the media, and coaches and athletes themselves have directed public attention to the significance of the coach-athlete relationship. Mutual trust, respect, belief, support, cooperation, communication, and understanding are considered among the most important relationship components that contribute to performance success and satisfaction (e.g., Jowett & Cockerill, 2003; Poczwardowski,
To explore your interest in a particular sport figure or sport-related figure and apply the concepts covered in class, you will write a biography. You must focus on a well known figure. Your biography should cover the following: * A brief discussion of the person’s non-sport background. * A brief discussion of the person’s sport background. * What is this person’s defining moment or moments (e.g., hitting a buzzer beater, a “walk-off” home run, choking, etc.)? * What is this person best known for? (i.e. leadership, off-court problems/behavior, being a “clutch” player, etc)? * Who admires this person? Why? Do you? * Identify at least 3 major concepts from the text and tell how the person illustrated or illustrates each concept.
As you do research for your biography you will be reading books, doing web research, and so on. Anytime that you are including material in your report that you gleaned from another sources you need to cite that source in the text of your paper and include a reference page where you tell how someone who is reading your paper can find the source that you used. Use this web site for help formatting electronic citations: http://ww.apastyle.org/elecsource.html. Use this site for traditional paper citations: http://www.apastyle.org/. Any time you use information from another source you must put that information in your own words and cite them. Your Biography must be 5-7 double-spaced pages and follow the APA formatting guidelines.
In reflecting on athletic success, sport directors and managers, the media, and coaches and athletes themselves have directed public attention to the significance of the coach-athlete relationship. Mutual trust, respect, belief, support, cooperation, communication, and understanding are considered among the most important relationship components that contribute to performance success and satisfaction (e.g., Jowett & Cockerill, 2003; Poczwardowski,