HPQ Presentation

How have the criteria of sport changed in the last 150 years?

Contents

1. How I got my title

6. My findings

2. Research & Resources

7. Successes

8. Setbacks

3. Planning

4. Writing my Essay

9. Skills that I've learnt

5. Referencing

10. Questions

The topic was recommended to be separate from our GCSE subjects.

How I Got My Title

Made a shortlist

Honed in on question to make it research-based

Research - Initial Resources

1. What constitutes a sport - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/what-constitutes-a-sport/z4vfmfr
2. What Makes A 'SPORT' a Sport? - https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-makes-sport-sport
3. What makes a Sport a Sport - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201803/what-makes-sport-sport
4. The Future of Sports - https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2898327-the-future-of-sports
5. Recognising Esports as a sport - https://thesportjournal.org/article/recognizing-esports-as-a-sport/
6. 5 Ways Tech will influence sports in the future - https://www.inc.com/kenny-kline/5-ways-tech-will-influence-sports-in-future.html

Further Research

• I decided to set aside a few days for further research

• New Title - "How have the criteria of sport changed in the last 150 years?"

• Hunting for resources got easier, partially because I discovered "Google Scholar"

Planning to write

Introduction

1st Paragraph

2nd Paragraph

Conclusion

3rd Paragraph

4th Paragraph

Writing & Referencing my Essay

• Began writing in August 2021
• By October, I'd finished over half of my essay

• Finished writing in Christmas Holidays

For referencing my sources, I used the Harvard Referencing System

My findings

Procesos

Conclusion

Criteria of Sport in 1900s

Criteria of a sport now

Modern criteria is more detailed. 1900 criteria has the role of an established foundation that has been built on throughout the years

No official criteria of a sport.Four common criteria:

• Events should be international
• Handicap events should not be allowed
• No restriction to any class of competitors prohibiting them to play
• Amateurism must be present within an event

• A professional sport must have an element of competition • A professional sport should require physical exertion • A professional sport should have sufficient organisation and co-ordination by an organisation or something similar • A professional sport should not have class/national/etc. restrictions and should promote equality.

Successes

Setbacks

Skills that I've learnt

Thanks for listening! Any Questions?