Student Athlete Research Paper
Cause and effect
Student Athletes The demands of being a student-athlete in high school or college can be extremely challenging in terms of budgeting your time for your academics/school work, and what little free time that remains for social activities, or one 's personal life. In this essay I will discuss the effects about being a student athlete because many people think that student athletes have there life easy but in actuality they have to deal with things that regular students would not be dealing with. Image yourself waking up early every morning for practice, then right after practice you have a short time to get ready for school, then once you finish school, you have to go to practice one more time. By doing this it can really affect athletes to really focus on their priorities like school because to play in any sport, you have to make sure you are passing every class you are taking, if you are not then you are ineligible to play in games or even be on the team. According to the NCAA, the governing organization in college …show more content…
According to Athletic Insight’s study, athletes were reported that their stress levels were higher than non-student athletes due to having more responsibility, and not getting enough sleep. (Wilson 1) Athletes have more responsibility because they have to focus a lot of their time on school and practice. When student athletes focus so much on practicing the tend to forget how much time they have left to do school work, this causes some student athletes to stay up real late and sleep shorter than usually. But being a student athlete can also affect your personal life in a good way because you can gain a strong mindset, be more disciplined, and also have a fulfilling physical appearance. So with all this said, your personal life can also be affected but it could benefit you in some
Student Athletes The demands of being a student-athlete in high school or college can be extremely challenging in terms of budgeting your time for your academics/school work, and what little free time that remains for social activities, or one 's personal life. In this essay I will discuss the effects about being a student athlete because many people think that student athletes have there life easy but in actuality they have to deal with things that regular students would not be dealing with. Image yourself waking up early every morning for practice, then right after practice you have a short time to get ready for school, then once you finish school, you have to go to practice one more time. By doing this it can really affect athletes to really focus on their priorities like school because to play in any sport, you have to make sure you are passing every class you are taking, if you are not then you are ineligible to play in games or even be on the team. According to the NCAA, the governing organization in college …show more content…
According to Athletic Insight’s study, athletes were reported that their stress levels were higher than non-student athletes due to having more responsibility, and not getting enough sleep. (Wilson 1) Athletes have more responsibility because they have to focus a lot of their time on school and practice. When student athletes focus so much on practicing the tend to forget how much time they have left to do school work, this causes some student athletes to stay up real late and sleep shorter than usually. But being a student athlete can also affect your personal life in a good way because you can gain a strong mindset, be more disciplined, and also have a fulfilling physical appearance. So with all this said, your personal life can also be affected but it could benefit you in some