Leighton Thompson

Theme: Benefits of Sports

Topic: Ways in which success can be achieved through football
Explanation:
To investigate the different ways in which football can be beneficial and how success could be
attained from pursuing football.

Secondary Sources
PIECE 1
Author: Jeremy Schaap
Title: Lionel Messi Success Story
Copyright Date: May 18. 2013
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Name of Publisher: Successstory

PIECE 2
Author: Leighton Levy
Title: Jamaican Youngsters Join Ajax
Copyright Date: January 12, 2012
Place of Publication: Jamaica
Name of Publisher: The Gleaner

Challenges:
Difficulty in finding persons who achieved success in football to conduct interview,
hence there was a small sample size. As a result less data than what was wanted was
available so results were limited.
Hard to find mutual times to construct interview as both interviewees had a busy
schedule.

 Challenge in covering a wide geographic area; researcher wasnt able to conduct

interview with persons out of his area because of lack of connection. As a result the data
source was confined to only one area.
Background Sources:
- Piece 1 Successtory is seen as a reliable source as it specializes in this area as this
company covers numerous success stories of different sports persons.
- Also the source has no reason to be bias so this adds to the validity and reliability.
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Piece 2 is has a high validity and reliability as the author specializes in this field. He has
done several sport interviews and frequently writes on sports occurrences happening
currently.
The source reliability is also high as The Gleaner is an established publication company
which have been around for a very long time, from 1834.

Data Sources
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Interview conducted were valid and reliable.

Interviewees had no reason to lie or withhold information because this is not an intimate
topic.
Also the researcher and interviewees had previous relationships so rapport was already
built.

Medium
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The interviews were done face to face.

Researcher was present in the interview to offer clarification.
This increases validity and reliability as nonverbal hints can be observed.

Context
Interviews were
-One was at the persons home and the other before school in the morning.
-Interview at the persons home is more valid and reliable as the person was in their place of
comfort and did not have to rush.
- One before school, the validity and reliability could be decreased as the person did not have
unlimited time and had to answer questions faster.

Summary: Success can be achieved through football in various ways. One way in which
football can provide success is that football is a career so persons who pursue it can become
successful as football provides a job and with this job comes financial benefit.

Conclusion: Success can be achieved through football in various ways.