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Post by joedund on Oct 8, 2009 21:08:21 GMT 1
Hi I was just wondering if anyone could come up with any ideas for me. The situation is that I am currently in 6th form and part of project I am doing we have to think of our own question and then answer it in a 6000 word report.The topic I have chosen is athletics and I am currently thinking of questions under the topic of javelin . Does anyone have a interesting question I could use and then use evidence from the interent to back it up in my report with.
Much appreciated, joe
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Post by pj on Oct 8, 2009 21:27:49 GMT 1
Hi Joedund,
This is something I wouldn't have understood when I was in the 6th form but a question on the lines of :
"What are the main (biomechanical) components of throwing a javelin"? (Optimally)?
All sorts of add ons can be made to a question like this. You can easily get 6000 words out of that. There is a lot of material on here particularly a couple of months back from Professor Hatton.
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Post by Caroline on Oct 8, 2009 22:10:42 GMT 1
What subject are you studying to do this topic? So, for example, if it was for sports science that would be one type of question, and for, say, English, it might be another.
Of course if it was Philosophy the question might be 'Javelin.. why?' ;D
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Post by joedund on Oct 10, 2009 8:08:55 GMT 1
Well I am studying a business diploma and part of it you have to Do a project and the project can be on anything  So I choose to go down the sporting line |
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Post by Caroline on Oct 14, 2009 9:19:56 GMT 1
I would have thought that you would need to have some sort of 'business' aspect to it... maybe do something on organising a javelin competition, ie costing out venue, insurance, marketing etc etc. I'm sure Sam and Jim have lots of knowledge on this.... ;D
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Post by sam on Oct 14, 2009 10:46:59 GMT 1
Indeed....
Let's talk about risk assessments, contracts, advertising, organising etc....
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Post by wez on Oct 14, 2009 11:12:17 GMT 1
My tip would be,
Never do an academic project on something that genuinely interests you. You will likely become biased in your arguments and opinions and probably spend alot of your time working on aspects that won't help to improve your grade.
It seems the best analysts are the ones who really don't give a damn because they can be truly neutral in all areas, sad but true...
Unless you can really get it to fulfill all the grading criteria for your project and you are able to stay in a totally neutral frame of mind then i really would steer clear.
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Post by sam on Oct 14, 2009 11:42:12 GMT 1
good shout that wez!
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Post by pembrokian on Oct 14, 2009 11:45:08 GMT 1
Try going a bit left-field, stand out from the crowd.
The obvious lines of attack are biomechanics, physiology, training, technique etc. etc.
Cover something that doesn't get covered very often like sociology or psychology.
Do champions tend to come from the same social background (a) in this country (b) other countries ?
Is athletics still, largely, a middle-class sport ?
Is there any link between acedemic and sporting achievement ?
Do athletes in different events tend to come from different social backgrounds ?
In order to get the best grades go somewhere where others don't.
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