Should College Student Athletes Get Passing Classes

Passing Classes While Playing a Collegiate Sport

Getting passing grades while playing a collegiate sport is a very attainable goal if the student athlete; communicates with their teachers and coach, stays focused and becomes and stays organized. Some new student athletes have a difficult time adjusting to their new classes, teachers, teammates and coach. However there are some proven steps a student athlete can take to make sure they stay on track with their grades. If a they communicate with their teachers and coach's and also allow open communication between the teachers and coach's this will take some stress off of them. Another big step in getting passing grades is staying focused. While communication and staying focused work well,

There are so many activities and distractions on a college campus that most of the time the student athlete will let their studies slip so they can join in the activates. However "Collegiate student-athletes may spend more than 40 hours a week practicing, leaving little time to keep up with academic commitments." (Jacobs, 2015). If they let just one study session go, then finding the time to make it might not happen. It is very important student athletes have study groups, this will help them stay on track and will hold them accountable to showing up. Another big distraction to a college student is their items and friends from home; Television, computer games or their boyfriend or girlfriend. Trying to push off all these distractions will cause a lot of stress and might make them sick of doing homework. Practicing their sport, playing their sport on game day or hanging with their friends is a lot better sounding then doing

The student athlete will have a full schedule between classes, homework, practice, game days and travel game days. If they are not organized everything will come crashing down on them and they may fail a class or two. "When someone decides to become a collegiate student-athlete, it’s inevitable that he or she will need to manage missed class time to maintain academic success." (NCAA, 2012). Staying organized will help when they miss a class. Keeping track of when homework is due on a calendar is a good idea so if they are traveling they can work on their homework and have it ready to turn in when they return. It is also a good idea for the student athlete to make sure they start the semester off with all the items they will need to be successful; computer, books, paper, printer, pencils and pens. If they start off with everything they might need they will continue to keep organized. Once a student starts to become unorganized they start to loose track of when things are due or what days are they practicing and where. Not being organized can make them feel confused and lost. This feeling might make them want to drop classes, drop out and stop playing their