Strength Training and Conditioning

 
This paper must be 7-10 pages in length and include at least 5 professional sources.  These sources cannot be web sites, web pages, or blogs.  They must be peer reviewed journals or textbooks.  A reference page must be included and this page is not included in the 7-10 page length of the paper.  You are required to use 12 point font and 1.5 line spacing when typing this paper and a copy must be uploaded to Moodle on or before the due date.  The rules of plagiarism will be strictly enforced!  This means that you must take the information that you acquire from the article and put it into your own wordsand site that article.  Do not use quotes from the original article even if you site it.  You must insert citations within article that your match up with your reference page.  If plagiarism is found to occur and you intended it to happen, you will receive a zero for this paper.  I do not care what citation method that you use for this paper but it must be a popular and accepted method (APA, Numbered, MLA).  There are many websites that teach citation methods, I suggest that you review these or some other source to help you with your citations(Purdue Owl is a good one).  Also, I would suggest you use section headings to organize your paper.  This paper will be graded on content, organization, citations, writing, and grammatical errors. There will be a grading rubric, for this research paper, posted on Moodle.  I suggest that you read this rubric and follow it as closely as possible. The paper by itself is worth 15% of your final grade.
 
 
The topic of this paper is up to you but it must relate to something that we have covered in class.  It can deal with any aspects of strength training or anything else that we have discussed.  You must have your topic approved by me prior to submitting your paper.  There will be a Turn-It-In assignment posted on Moodle, where you will be able to upload your paper.  If you need any help in the writing of the paper, please let me know.