Friday, October 12, 2012

Research Portfolio Entry 3: A Change of Plans



My original research question was, “What types of prevention methods can help reduce injury and lengthen a football player’s life?” Now that I’ve begun to do more research on it, I decided to make it more of an argument-based research assignment. This way I can go into more depth on the overall topic. My new question is, “Which prevention method proves to be the most effective in lengthening an athlete’s life?” With this new question, I can still explain all the ways of preventions, but I can also state my opinion on which one I believe is more efficient. I will provide the answer as to which one really is more effective as well. I also changed from specific to more broad, because I can compare different athletes from different sports. Referring to my argument, I feel as if conditioning is the ultimate way to prevent injury in leg muscles, arm muscles, etc., because it helps strengthen the athlete. Add a little stretching in there, and that doubles the positive effects. I also feel that maybe more protective gear could be worn.  I’m obviously going to be using a few of my previous sources to explain the different methods of prevention, but I may decide to look further. I’ve been thinking about finding some recent news stories, if any, and using those to help aid my argument. The books and articles I already found are a great start. I can’t wait to see how this all turns out.



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