Proposal

What are my goals?

My goals are to teach the importance of playing fairly and respectively, it has some to my attention that a lot of sports these days are contact sports, I have experienced this first hand because I myself play football for many years. But this isn't the reason why I see a lot of people play unfair and without respect. I plan to research the reasons behind the mentality of cheating and unsportsmanlike behavior. My goal is to teach children about how to play fair and have respect for yourself, your opponent, the officials and others. My main audience are children from grade 5-8. Because during this time I myself have learned a lot about sportsmanship and thought I could teach this age group the best. I plan to also teach them how to recognize unsportsmanlike behavior and what to do about it when they see someone doing it. Not only this but seeing that my subject is focused on football i plan to teach them the official rules so they know what to expect from a game of football. Teaching my audience about the advantages of sportsmanship behavior and playing well as a team also can influence the way people play.

What is the purpose of this project?

The purpose is to try and eliminate cheating and encourage good behavior on the field. Also for my own experience this is a good opportunity for myself as I hope to get good skills like communicating and organizing skills out of this project.

What inspired you to do this project?

When I saw the final of the 2006 World Cup between France and Italy, the world renown red card for French Zinedine Zidane head butting Italian Marco Materazzi in the chest. The action shocked the world but my inspiration only came after the game when Zidane was talking to the press about how he felt ashamed of himself and wants no child to look up to his actions that evening of 9th July 2006. This interview was the major inspiration of my project.

Which AoI will it focus on?

My project will focus on health and social education because I plan to teach children about the social aspects of football which are mostly teamwork and sportsmanship.

How will this AoI shape the personal project?

It will shape my personal project by not focusing on the football itself but the social aspects of this game. It will also greatly influence what my final product is and how I will execute this World Cup tournament

Why is this area fundamental to your project?

This area is fundamental to my project because It will decide what I want to teach the younger children about football, instead of focusing on teaching them about football skills and tactics I will focus on the social and fairness of football.