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Capstone Blog Post 3

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My capstone experience was really good. This was one of the biggest projects of the year! I’m very happy that I’m finally done because it took a lot of effort and hard work. Before I tell you about my experience, it would be best for me to explain what the main purpose of the capstone project is. Capstone is a project where you choose a main inquiry question and use five resources and interviews to gather information to answer the main inquiry question.

My main inquiry question throughout this project is “how and why is college basketball different from the NBA?” I came up with this question because I always wondered about the major difference between college basketball and the NBA. I was right when I found out that there were so many differences between these two leagues as I soon began to think of the game more differently.

The hardest part of this whole process was the research portion as I had to dig deep into the small details about my main question. It took a long time to find the correct answers to my resources’ questions. If I did not find enough research then my video would not be interesting and appealing to others. It was also hard to find resources that would match the correct information that I needed to make an essay persuasive and informative.

I had a lot of options for people that I interviewed. I chose a professional basketball player that went on to become a D2 college coach. D2 stands for division 2. On the other hand D1 is the most competitive league. It’s basically like A and B teams. I found the interview with Ken Barer very interesting as I was able to see through a first hand experience the hard work it takes for a good basketball player.

The final part of doing the project was the video process. Through this project, I had to find correct images for each slide. I also made sure that the opening of my video was interesting as I asked a relatable question to the audience. I made sure to ask questions about all of the different parts of my project inorder to make sure that everyone got all of the right information.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed doing this project. Through this project I learned alot about the differences between college and NBA basketball. My research was able to teach me so much and help me develop my words into a video and presentation!

Capstone Blog post 2

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In this interview, which took me twenty minutes, I learned alot about college basketball and Ken’s experience with basketball. I felt excited to learn more about college basketball and the purpose of talking to him was successful as I was able to gain even more of an understanding of the talent gap between NBA and college basketball. It was nice to talk to someone that knows a lot about this topic, rather than just researching. The interview was definitely my favorite part, but one of the way challenges was finding research on which to base my questions.

I first needed advice from my dad and he gave me the recommendations of interviewing his friend who was a coach at Adelphi, or a local basketball trainer. However, both of these people did not work. From this, I then got the idea to interview a family friend named ken barer who played in high school, college, and professionally overseas, and was a division two basketball coach at UMass. Although it was hard to figure out who to choose, once I found Ken I felt relieved. The hardest part about this whole process was writing the questions. I kept getting stuck on certain words and wanted to make sure that what I was asking made sense. I also wanted to make sure that I was not repeating myself. I finally came up with questions that I felt good about and I think Ken liked them too!

My experience of conducting the interview went great. The whole conversation was so exciting and fun. We were also able to talk about some different things that we had in common. I definitely learned a lot more than I expected throughout the interview. Ken really did love all of my questions and seemed to be super excited to share his experience with me. I also learned some new things about him. I did not know that he played professionally overseas. Some of the new things I learned from him was the major talent gap between NBA and college players. I also learned that the best skill is hard work and that he loves to coach players who are hard-working. Also, another thing that was interesting to me was the college recruitment process and the way that he did it.

Overall, in this interview, I learned alot and I am glad I chose to interview ken. I also loved this interview because I was able to talk about my favorite sport, which is basketball.