SWOT Analysis

A SWOT (strengths/weaknesses/opportunity/threats) Analysis of My 3 Final Ideas.

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// Idea 1 //

"To what extent do psychological factors/individual differences effect our sporting ability"

Strengths: 

- A topic I've always been interested in studying and knowing more about

- There's a lot of official research into the question

- I'd be motivated to research and carry out my EPQ to its fullest ability if i chose this question due to my interest in the topic.

- I can pick out relevant research easily therefore I can efficiently find information for my project
 

Weaknesses: 

- I might not be able to fully research every aspect of the question that I would like due to my other subjects and outside commitments (eg work / sports clubs)

- Some aspects have more information than others, so some parts of my qualification may be stronger than others

Opportunity:

- Project will allow me to develop my research and essay writing skills

- I can research something I really enjoy which will end in a project I will be proud of

- As a subject I want to do at university, it will help me start to both get skills for overall research and get an insight into the course I want to do.

Threats:

- Psychological Factors is a very broad idea, I would need to try get a range of different factors in my project to cover the range. 

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// Idea 2 //
 

"An Investigation into Preferred Leadership Style of Different Groups of Performers"

Strengths: 

- The analysis seems immersive and something that I will enjoy finding more about

- There's a good amount of official research into the question that is easy to talk about.

 

Weaknesses: 

- I might not be able to fully research every aspect of the question that I would like due to my other subjects and outside commitments (eg work / sports clubs)

- Not as much official research into this as my first idea which may impact 65% of my EPQ

Opportunity:

- Project will allow me to develop my research and essay writing skills

- As a subject I want to do at university, it will help me start to both get skills for overall research and get an insight into the course I want to do.
-It's also a subject I don't know much about, so I could get to learn afresh.

Threats:

- Groups of Performers is a very broad and vague idea, I would need to try get a range of different factors in my project to cover the range, and choose the most popular 'groups' which will have the most research behind it.

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// Idea 3 //


"How and why does anxiety inhibit sporting performance and what's the best way of managing it?"

Strengths: 

- I can pick out relevant research easily therefore I can efficiently find information for my project

- Once again, there is a good range of official research into the question
 

Weaknesses: 

- I might not be able to fully research every aspect of the question that I would like due to my other subjects and outside commitments (eg work / sports clubs)

-The question is split into two parts and I may not be able to efficiently research one part due to time or motivation

Opportunity:

- Project will allow me to develop my research and essay writing skills

- As a subject I want to do at university, it will help me start to both get skills for overall research and get an insight into the course I want to do.

Threats:

-The idea could be to broad, as many pieces of research are about a specific sport not sport as a whole.