What does it take to be a professional athlete?

(Components of a Complete Baseball/Softball Player)

Student Web quest

Tony McDonald

Amcdon04@shepherd.edu

Introduction: Have you watched baseball or softball games and thought I could build a better pro team than the one I’m watching. Here is your chance; you are going to become the talent scout of your own professional baseball or softball team. To get started just scroll down and follow the directions.

The Task: By the end of this web quest you will be able to describe and determine what skills it task physically and emotional to become a professional athlete. You will fill out the checklist that is provided below and the questions that will need to be answered for each player you select. The checklist and the questions can be accessed by clicking on the links below. The websites that you will need to use are also provided below.

Resources:

Form to evaluate players: Player Checklist Form

To look up MLB player States: Major League Baseball Statistics | MLB.com: Stats

(Type players name in the search box to left middle of the page or browse for players)

To look up Professional Softball Player Stats: http://www.profastpitch.com/stats/archive/2007/

(Click on season, then on the team name and scroll through player stats.)

To look up college baseball player Stats: BaseballAmerica.com: College

(Type players name in the box provided or browse site for players.)

To look up college softball player stats: http:NCAA Softball Statistics

(Browse page to find player stats)

To look up minor league player Stats: Minor League Baseball: Stats: Stats

(Click on team to look at player stats)

Question to answer on each player on the list: Player Evaluation Questions

Process: You are the talent scout for a major league baseball/softball team. We have just been awarded expansion team status. This means that we need to build are team from the bottom up. We are allowed first chance at any current major leaguer, but we can only have three which means we need to look at the minors and at college athletes. We need a roster of at least 25 players, this includes on player for each positron and six pitchers. You will use the evaluation sheets provided to come up with 25 players that you think will be best for our team. You must also answer six questions about each player you provide. Good luck I know I have the right person for the Job.

1. Fill out the entire checklist for the top 25 players you would like to draft. Use all the websites to gather information. Save the checklists on the computer.

2. Answer the questions about each player completely and provide proof for the answer. Save on the computer.

3. Create and keep your own time log of hours worked on the web quest. Make sure parents sign the time log.

Evaluation: This is how your grade will be determined.

Area of evaluation	10 points	5 points	3 points	Students score
Checklist	Student completes every part of the checklist for 20-25 players and partially for the rest	Student completes every part of the checklist for 10-19 players and partially for the rest.	Student completes every part of the checklist for 1-9 players and partially for the rest.
Questions	Student answers question thoroughly and provides proof.	Student answers the question thoroughly but does not provide proof.	Student answers the questions.
Time Log	2-5 hours a week and parent signature.	1-3 hours a week with parent signature.	0-1 hour a week with parent signature.