Sem120 FINALS

(Reaction of the Crowd.) Amid the boisterous crowd, Ramores banked on her experience..

Drawing politicalcartoons or editorial cartoons is a happy marriage between FORM and SUBSTANCE.

-For basketball, report it quarter by quarter

-If you are doing a profile on an athlete, watch that person at practice and watch that person in competition.

Knowledge of the game is necessary

May touch also on lineups, playing styles, crowd situations, statements by coaches, odds,other interests, and angles

-Size of Spectators (Was it a record crowd?

fancy kick, dead ball, single, ball on play, double

-Sports writing can be more flexible than news or feature writing, but remember that even in sports writinga clear dist

-Centering only on the highlights and more important plays such as scoring, plays, crucial games and the star performer

-Coincidences, if any.

-Weather conditions

-After the lead comes the body composed of the other elements arranged in descending order or decreasing importance

- To sound more authoritative and convincing to the readers, the sports writer must have a full stocks of sports langua

booming service, net ball, spikes, change court, wallop, best attacker/receiver/server/blocker/digger/setter, block, tw

Backgrounder/ Segue

Focus on a single concept and make your symbols count. Like, literally! As a general rule, use only 2 -4 elements for y

Your cartoon has to be able to send its message straight away!

Scores

This is enough for those who have a passing interest in the sport. However, readers would want more information and you

Sportswriter should know the rules, and all the details regarding the players, past records, officials, and plays.

straight sets, singles, smash cut, doubles, half volleys, passing shots, good serving, grass court, backhand volley, d

-Was the championship at stake? Do team standings change? Who gets the cup?

-How did the crowd behave?)

This is where you can provide a quote from the coach or a key player from both teams. You can precede each saying with

heaved the shotput, hurled the javelin, threw the discus, broad jump, pole vault, hop-step- and-jump, Grecian disc, lon

May report the records of the teams or individual players in the current season, their physical and mental condition.

is the message part

-The Key Play Lead: It starts with the most exciting parts of the game where a certain team scores more points.

Stressed the score, winner, outstanding incidents, and how the outcome of the game affects the season's standing of the

-Colors your words (make sure the verb usedsuits the degree of winning)

turning side kick, jins, heavyweight, finweight, flyweight

Reactions of winning team/ players and losers

• gives life to you cartoon

Must talk with the coaches and players of the team before the start of the game

bowman, drawing back

-Spectacular plays (Tell about the last minutefumble, the three-pointer that won the game or the basket from mid-court)

breasted the tape, dashes, runs (200, 400 & 800), hurdles,burned the cinders, relay, clocked a new record, photo finish

help develop your characters

We don't use every bit of the drawing canvas. We normally make use only around 70% of the space and leave white spaces

is the drawing part

-The sports writer must always be in the struggle in finding new words, new ways to describe punches, new ideas for st

Demands close observation and ability to work at top speed

goalie, fullback, corner kick, pigskin, penalty kick, centrada, corner kick

Center on straights news reporting, but with a sports flavor

(Actions during the games.) Engaged in a nip and tuck affair after the first round, Ramores pressed on the attack but a

When writing about players, always identify them by class in school and position on team. Don't say "John Smith" when y

-Individual Star

The headline of a sports coverage story should tell right away who or which team won over whom or whose team( and whene

Ability to connect with people and officials

• make your drawing readily identifiable

furnish post-mortem analyses

- It is important that the sports writer must have a feeling and genuine love for the sports. (You can't convey the emo

Don't use the first person "" in sports news

-Paragraphs should generally be 1-2 sentences each.

Background story © Actual event -Follow up -Advance sports story

NEVER Congratulate a team or an athlete in your sports stories

Give backgrounders, some unusual and exciting games the teams have played before games.

-If you are writing abouta team, watch the team practice and watch the team play

Know sports writing style:scores are numerals separated by hyphens (12-6, not 12 to 6); team records are numerals separ

-In writing sports news, the reporter uses short words, short sentences, and short paragraphs. However, he has more fre

(The Outstanding Player lead: It features the outstanding player) Palarong Pambansa veteran Miguel Arias fired a hat-tr

grandmaster, chess board, plus 47 ELO rating, nine-round tournament, blitzkrieg chess, king, queen, board one, bishop,

The Classic 5Ws lead: It answers, who won? Against whom? By What score? Where?When? How?

aquabelle, freestyle, tanker, breaststroke, naiad, backstroke, diving board

wheel by wheel, remate, multi-lap, yellow jersey, lead pack

make them easily recognizable

-NEWS -ISSUE -STAND

round by round, slugfest, flyweight, welterweight, jab, uppercut, heavyweight, uppercut, ring, knockout loss, landed a

hole-in-one, birdie, bogey, par, fireda 7-under-64, win by two strokes second putt, behind the green, one-shot lead, te

THE ____ Think of a metaphor and make an analogy out of it

• add visual appeal

They may discuss the condition of players injured or the psychological aspects of the game

-Appropriate action words should be used to indicate who won depending on how the event unfolded

• makes your drawing dynamic to imitate action

(Cheers of competing teams and groups.) Mariquit's defense proved to be the deciding factor as the incoming 13 year-old

-A sports writer must be a natural descriptive writer who can paint a quick verbal picture without resorting to the dic

gives your drawing a sense of realism

quintet, zone defense, five, rebound, rally,man-to-man, keyhole area, 30-second clock, long tom, tip-in,press, steals,1

-Comparison of the team (How did the weights compare? Were the visitors better trained? In what departments of the gam

or they may take up statistics and their significance

-NEVER end a story like this: "The Eagles will undoubtedly be the class of conference and will achieve anything they

Must identify the depth of the story depending on the focus

diamond, pitcher, short stop, southpaw, shut out, back stop, pegged at third, swatters, pitcher's mound, hit a homerun,

-Keep up with individual statistics and use them frequently in stories