Need some help!

Long story short, I need a list of 20 'qualities' to help make up part up of my dissertation for university. I've managed to come up with a list, but just want to see if anyone else would add something to the list or if i've been blind and missed something stupidly obvious. I should point out that it's aimed at tournament paintball as well. Anyway, here's the list:

• Snap shooting
• Communication
• Running and shooting
• Field Awareness
• Reaction Time
• Speed
• Cardiovascular Fitness
• Breaking Out
• Playing Tight
• Off-hand Shooting
• Knowing when to move
• Confidence
• Reloading
• Laning
• Staying Alive
• Team Cohesion
• Muscular Endurance
• Knowledge of field layout
• 'One-on-one' play
• Sliding/Diving

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks for the reply, glad someone took the time to have a read

As for sweetspotting, how would you define that? Just want to know if we're on the same page. And you are right with preparation, as this can play a significant part in someone's performance, but for the purpose of the list it is more a focus on skills and physical abilities. But preparation will definitely get a mention in the discussion as an influencing factor.

With sweet spotting, I'd define that as adjusting a regulator to its optimum

http://www.endlesspb.com/tech/sweetspot.html

But I suppose as with LOL you youngsters have decided it has a different meaning and you are all laughing out loud at us oldies sending you lots of love

Thanks for the feedback guys, means a lot! Indeed balance is something that is I think I need to include. Also, I wrongly believed that it had to be 20 qualities, it can be as many or as little as you like. So in terms of individual skills and play, do you think that any of these could be missed out or some are very similar?

I feel like I could miss out 'Breaking Out' and 'Team Cohesion' and probably 'One-on-one play' as well, and throw in 'Agility' as another quality. Thoughts?

How about plain old Tactics? You need a gameplay before doing anything. Know your moves before you play em.

What I should have mentioned as well is that they will be filling one out as a team as well, so this is where different skills come into, like the breakout and tactics as you mentioned. But yes, i didn't originally have tactics in mind so thanks for that

How about Concentration? being able to block out all of the noise from markers so you can focus on what your team are shouting and what you're shooting?

Good point, completely missed that one! Cheers buddy

Killer instinct/hunger/desire you could be the most talented guy on the field but if you don't want to shoot someone in the face and want to win every game then you may as well stay at home watching BabeStation...which is nice.

Well firstly, the reason I asked for help is to make what I'm doing more valid by having input from people within the paintball community. I've also been lucky enough to get guidance from a pro who I contacted through here, as there is no one else better to ask than some of the top individuals within the sport.

Secondly, I'll think you'll find that I have thanked everyone for their input so far, and as I wont be getting my grade back until late summer then I don't see how I can comment on how well I have done.

And finally, if you don't have anything valuable to contribute then why bother commenting at all?

Well I appreciate that you took the time to read the thread and contribute in someway so I thank you for that. But your 'input' seemed merely a rant at previous threads which you say come up every year. Personally i've never seen them, this may be because i've only really been an active member since late summer this year (despite being an actual member since 2008). However, we have to go by published research and journals, so I very much doubt that any of these previous dissertations would be available or even form a solid justification for the study which I am doing. And yes, there was never any ambiguity as to who is the boss of you.

Remember how long a dissertation is, Missy-Q. Maybe the subject you pointed out there does not fit the criteria and past work that Stephen has done, he hadn't thought of that, or simply he's not interested in writing about that. Also, if you notice, he has to adhere to some sort of rule his professor has supplied, something to do with 'Qualities', so best bet is that there is a boundary around what he can write about
A dissertation requires a lot of time and work- passion is a must. 30,000 word journal aint easy to write, and maintain a professional standard throughout, I'm sure most people would agree here. (30,000 is a guesstimation, that's what it is in my subject, not sure of Stephen's)

Your posts seem to rather hostile, and I can't understand why. Are you annoyed at students asking every year for help with stuff? Heck, if people don't wanna give help, they don't have to Its voluntary.

Stephen, if you need a proof reader before you submit, lemme know I'd be happy to help out a fellow student!

That would seem like more a report/essay instead of a study. I'm looking at performance profiling, and applying this to paintball to see how helpful teams will find it to gauge their training during the off-season. We need solid grounds for the work we want to do, and following the most recent publication of a journal which looked at performance profiling, they stated the need for it's use in a wider range of sport settings. And given that paintball is not an area with any published research, then this has given me a solid basis for the research I am doing. And we had to propose our study and give justification as to why we want to do it before it was approved, which has lead me to subject area that i'm doing.

@Vimto Thank you, at least someone understands where I'm coming from But luckily my dissertation is no-where near 30,000 words, only a mere 5000. Which does suck in a way because it makes writing a lengthy introduction and discussion rather difficult! And thank you for the offer, really appreciate it dude. I may have to take you up on that

How, lucky you My dissertation is gonna be a killer... And you are very welcome to take me up on the offer, it sounds like it will be an interesting read