writing a research paper

Hi,

I was looking at the book called The Curious Researcher by Bruce Ballenger and in its Chapter 3 titled 'The Third Week," p. 78, on Becoming an Activist Notetaker, I saw someone named Jason's research paper example of incorporating a short passage from a book on soccer, The Simplest Game, by Paul Gardner.

A short passage by Paul Gardner mentioned in the book:

For American soccer the problem is two-fold. First the majority of people coaching youth soccer did not play the sport themselves, or played it only at a rather crude level. In other words, they are not in a position to coach by example. Second, even if coaches were themselves skilled players, it is not at all clear what extent ball skills can be coached.

From that, the book showed how Jason's research paper incorporated the notes in page 79.

So many times when I was young and playing soccer like Joey, the emphasis was on winning rather than the skills necessary to play. I remember being in the same pack of kids as Joey, chasing the ball around. The coach that I had never emphasized ball control. I can still hear him yell, "Dump and chase!" Although it is unclear to what extent ball skills can be coached, the coach should at least spend time with players showing them technique (Gardner 193).

The book noted that Jason's effort is similar to the original work but I see a lot of subjectivity in Jason's work. Is it normal? If I had to use the "he said this" and "he said that" approach of quoting someone's work, I think it would be one hundred percent word for word. But this incorporation technique -- if I could call it -- seems to leave a lot of rooms for a person to work on. Words and sometimes contents do not seem to reflect the original writer's work.

I think a while back, Clive talkd about quoting partially to write or report as often done in newspapers, and that did seem to leave a lot of subjectivity on the part of a person or reporter.

Can you tell me how these work more? How much room does a person have to make a quoted content to fit whatever he wants to fit it into??