Soccer For Dummies
A part of the assignment in deconstructing the game of soccer is to write a narrative. As I began writing my soccer narative, I realised I did not have a full understanding the intricacies or the ordering of the game to provide details for the story. My plan was to go and either play soccer or watch soccer. However, I realised that this type of information could give insight into the passion and feel of the game, but what I really needed was a simply layed out depiction of the rules and regulations in a cause effect way.
For this I consuled that wonderful bright yellow book that we all know and love in this class, "Soccer For Dummies." It deffinitely helped. I especially want to note how the author(s) present their information. The book on a whole is organized topically based on the users needs. Many people purchase this book- soccer player, soccer observers, parents with children in soccer, coaches, and people who just want to understand the game. This was fantastic! I fell into the category of "people who just want to understand the game" and I did not need to know how what drills are great for coaching, or how to console a six year old who just lost his first game.
This made me think again about who my user is... a parent, a fan, a player?
Then, the book broke down the data topically, with subtitles. The topics presented were very fluid. The preceeding topic related to the next which then related to the next (though I want to stress that the topics themselves formed the string of relationships and had little to do with relationships in time order). Slowly the information became more and more specific, with the hardest concepts at the end. I have found that the most difficult topics to explain are the offsides violations, over time proceedures, and the different kicks resulting from the ball traveling out of bounds, and fouls. It is easier to explain these more difficult topics once the basics are covered.
"Soccer for Dummies" broke each of these mini topics down in an interesting way. Instead of presenting the information generally then specifically, the reverse method was used. Detailed descriptions were used often followed by a "basically...." or an "in other words..." and then a simple one-line wrap up of the topic.
Interesting...
For this I consuled that wonderful bright yellow book that we all know and love in this class, "Soccer For Dummies." It deffinitely helped. I especially want to note how the author(s) present their information. The book on a whole is organized topically based on the users needs. Many people purchase this book- soccer player, soccer observers, parents with children in soccer, coaches, and people who just want to understand the game. This was fantastic! I fell into the category of "people who just want to understand the game" and I did not need to know how what drills are great for coaching, or how to console a six year old who just lost his first game.
This made me think again about who my user is... a parent, a fan, a player?
Then, the book broke down the data topically, with subtitles. The topics presented were very fluid. The preceeding topic related to the next which then related to the next (though I want to stress that the topics themselves formed the string of relationships and had little to do with relationships in time order). Slowly the information became more and more specific, with the hardest concepts at the end. I have found that the most difficult topics to explain are the offsides violations, over time proceedures, and the different kicks resulting from the ball traveling out of bounds, and fouls. It is easier to explain these more difficult topics once the basics are covered.
"Soccer for Dummies" broke each of these mini topics down in an interesting way. Instead of presenting the information generally then specifically, the reverse method was used. Detailed descriptions were used often followed by a "basically...." or an "in other words..." and then a simple one-line wrap up of the topic.
Interesting...
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