Paper Presentation Instructions

Note: Your submitted solution must be unique and written in your own words; if you collaborate with other students, external resources, and/or use AI tools, this must be clearly acknowledged in your submission.

Part 1

  • Select a paper from the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sport (JQAS, log in with WatIAM) that was published within the last 10 years (i.e., any paper from volumes 11–21, which correspond to the years 2015–2025)

  • Email the title, link to the paper, and a brief description (2-3 sentences) of your rationale for choosing that paper to and cc by Monday, June 23 at 11 AM ET.

  • In the event that multiple students select the same paper, precedence will be given by order of email receipt and the later student(s) will be asked to select another paper.

Part 2

  • Prepare a 10-minute individual oral presentation using the selected paper to deliver in-class on Monday, July 7. Presentation slots will be assigned at random at the beginning of class. Presentations will be followed by 1-2 questions.

  • Submit a PDF copy of your presentation slides by Monday, July 7 at 11 AM ET via Crowdmark. You may email a copy of your slides to by the same deadline to load onto his laptop OR bring your own device to present on.

Suggested presentation structure

  • Introduction

    • Introduce the motivation for the paper and the problem that it aims to tackle.

  • Background

    • Give more detail about the problem and any necessary background information to help us understand why the problem is important. Describe the data if applicable.

  • Method

    • Provide a high-level explanation of the proposed method/solution, its advantages and disadvantages, and how it relates to existing work.

  • Results

    • Summarize and highlight key findings from the experiments and data analysis as carried out by the authors.

  • Conclusion

    • Summarize the key contributions of the paper, some take-home messages, and possible extensions for future work.

Grading

10 marks total: 5 marks for quality of oral presentation and 5 marks for quality of slides.