For my WP3, I chose an article titled “Experiencing aggression in sport: Insights from a Lacrosse World Championship tournament” by John Kerr and Jonathan Males. The article focuses on four different types of aggression proposed by a colleague. The researchers then applied these four types (play, anger, power, and thrill) of aggression to sports by matching each type to a specific and outlined playstyle. After games took place at the World Lacrosse Championship, the researchers would conduct interviews with the participants to gather information on both (a)the player and team’s goals prior to and during the game, and (b)the player and team’s goals following the game. The interviews were recorded and transcribed and then the researchers would look through each interview for instances of the four different types of aggression.
Three out of four of the types of aggression mention in the article are also stated as an illegal act within the rules of lacrosse. To transform the original article into a piece digestible for a younger audience, I decided to create a hypothetical “contract” between a recreational youth lacrosse league and their players. A fair amount of organized sports require the participants to sign contracts about drug use, sportsmanship, and keeping the game fair, so I figured another contract that relates to aggression and how each type can lead to different fouls within the game of lacrosse, would be a great way to focus the content to a younger audience. The participant would then have to sign the contract to acknowledge that they are aware of these different types of aggressions and how they will be penalized if they show effects of these types of aggression on the field.
To transform the article into a piece for an older audience, I decided to create a brochure aimed towards parents of lacrosse players. This brochure will include the information regarding each of the four types of aggression, how to identify them in their son and whether the type of aggression is positive or negative. Aggression found in players is often motivated by them through coaches, and I will also include a piece on how a parent can identify that to know that it is just not their child. Recently in contact sports, an emphasis on concussions has taken place so to stay with the times, I will also include a piece within the brochure on how each type of aggression could possibly lead to a head injury or concussion for the player themselves or an opponent. The focus of the brochure will be about overall safety in the game of lacrosse, with sections on the proper equipment players need to use along with a rule guide to inform the readers on how the game is played properly and safely.
Questions:
Are the new genre transformations straying on the side of summarization instead of transformation?
If so, is there a way to refocus the content in each genre to make it more of a transformation or shall I choose another genre?
Stanger,
ReplyDeleteCool article! Before/after championship-game interviews? You’d be great at that job.
A contract?! Score! (Get it?) Tremendous idea—original and tailor-made for this piece, especially since kids in a youth lacrosse program would stand to benefit from the findings of the article. <3 it. It’s up to you, now, to find out what all this “contract” business looks like—specifically one geared to kids (jr high? high school?) with a “sports etiquette-y slant.
I like the idea of tailored the older transformation to the parents of the kids/players, but… a brochure? That seems kinda lame. What are some other ways parents could get this information, or, put another way, coaches (or league-wide officials) could distribute this info?
With respect to your 2 qs, I don’t think you’ll be “just summarizing” if you “bring this to life” in ways that the scholarly article hasn’t.
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Yo, the idea of a contract for the younger audience sounds dope! I was just curious about how detailed the contract would be? Since its for children and they can't legally sign, isn't it kind of like a release for their parents/guardians? Besides that, the contract seems like a more "do you understand" vibe from it. I'd recommend mimicking a peewee league release contract since it seems most alike to what you're aiming for.
ReplyDeleteThe brochure sounds nice, but how much detail would it contain? In my experience brochures are pretty brief and I'm curious to how much their is to the four types of aggression. Would any key information be lost through a brochure. Other than that, the brochure is a nice way to add images--something I always enjoy!
Yo, I really like the article you chose. I think its super interesting and out of the box. I think the idea for the contract would be a good idea. For the contract, would you be highlighting dangers, would it include descriptions of the aggressions? Also, is the contract adding rules to the game by stating that these acts of aggression are illegal, or is it just taking the rules and making a contract for something that is already part of the game? I really liked the brochure idea. I think it is cool because its a way for lacrosse parents to be informed about dangerous behavior and how to identify and prevent it in their kids. I think this is a good idea because I see it as having a practical use in real life. Does your article address injuries associated with these types of aggressiveness? If so I think your brochure could benefit from being separated into parts like noticing aggression, effects/injuries associated with aggression, and other things associated with in game aggression. I think you have a good start that you could do a lot with.
ReplyDeleteHey Elliot! I knew you'd pick something lacrosse related - I'm jealous I didn't think of it myself! Like everyone else said, really cool article. I'm curious as to what the types of aggression they studied are and in guy's lacrosse how they're illegal. I'm sure you'll outline those well in your transformations though! If you do stick with the brochure idea (or you might even be able to incorporate this in your contract to make it more kid friendly) I think it might be interesting if you can find pictures of the fouls and add those in. A picture of someone slashing another player is tons easier to understand than the US Lacrosse wording in the rule book!
ReplyDeleteIf you don't end up doing pictures, my question would be how you would clearly explain the types of fouls/aggression and stress the importance of playing safe. Especially to little kids who just want to knock the crap out of each other! Would you reference the rulebook as a source (maybe for the parents?) or just explain the rules in your own words? Would you also offer reasoning why the rules are the way they are for the little kids, especially if you're tying it into head injuries? It might help them to understand why they just can't destroy each other on the fields even though they have helmets and pads on.
I kind of agree with Zack, I think the brochure idea could be a little more creative. I don't know if this is any better but I was thinking of how teams will have pre-season meetings and if theres anything from those that you could use as a genre instead, like a powerpoint or something. Or maybe something that they give to refs, like a training manual.
Hey Elliot, your summary was well done and you seem to have good understanding of what the article was about; it also seems like its subject that you are interested in so that’s always a plus.
ReplyDeleteI really think that your transformation into a contract is a really creative. The only question I have is what would you consider to be the ages for the youth, because depending on the ages you focus on, wouldn’t you need to think about your word choice?
I think that the inclusion of subjects besides the types of aggression is a nice touch to make it more realistic, but I’m wondering whether you would give them all an equal amount of importance or if you would focus more on what the article you chose is about. I was also wondering how much information you would put into each section since brochures tend to not have too much text since they are more or less something like a sneak peek into certain subjects.