Preparation for covering a sports game is the most crucial part of it all. Without educating yourself on what you will be writing about—you will be lost and have no idea what you’re saying. Looking back on chapter four, it covers all you need to know about prepping to write a story on a game. When thinking about what I will need to do in preparation to cover the game I have been assigned I have to put a lot of work in beforehand. For starters, I am covering a field hockey game but have no knowledge of how the game works whatsoever. I haven’t watched a game before either. So the first thing I must do is learn the foundation and basics of how the game works. After this, I will do some research on the stats of the team’s wins and loses this year so far. I also have to look into who is on the team so I can keep track of each player’s number when watching the game. One other big thing to prepare for the game is doing some deep thinking on what questions to ask when interviewing players and doing research on who might be best to interview for the piece I am writing.