I’ve been an athlete for most of my life and the most common thing I hear my coaches tell me is that I need to be committed. Growing up, I was involved in many sports and when people told me I needed to commit to a single sport, I began to wonder. Why would I commit to a single sport and be stuck in that sport for the rest of my life, or why should play multiple sports when I could work at just one and improve in that sport? This is something I found myself debating ever since I was in middle school. After I started looking in to the subject, I realized the topic was very one-sided on the internet, which made drawing a conclusion a little easier. Although being involved in only one sport is simple and easy to balance in life, participating …show more content…
Even though being involved in multiple sports takes much more time, it teaches us important skills for time management. As I mentioned before, multiple sports require much more time out of the day, making it hard to balance other things in life. Imagine being a high school athlete having to juggle 3 sports, a job, and being expected to do well in school. This is the reality for many high school athletes today. Even if these students don’t continue with their athletic careers, this skill will still stick with them. As life goes on, it just gets busier and there is no better way to beat learning this skill than learning how to deal with this at a young age. I believe that learning to manage time by having a busy schedule will prove useful in the future for things such as college, work, and just life in …show more content…
In her essay, “Multisport Athletes Rare”, Nicole Auerbach discusses multisport athletes and how multisport athletes have benefited in the past years. Auerbach states states, “From a mental standpoint, playing multiple sports guards against burnout” (Auerbach). The term burnout is used to describe when an athlete loses interest for a sport. I agree complete with what she is saying because I too have experienced this. When I was young, soccer used to be my number one sport, but after playing it for awhile, I started to get bored with the game and my teammates; I needed something different. After I started getting involved with other sports, I began to like soccer again because it wasn’t the only thing I was involved in. Being a multisport definitely keeps sports interesting and more
College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is that the athletes are not only getting themselves in trouble but their athletic departments as well.
Athletic staleness and burnout is a big problem for many of today’s athletes whether they are at the amateur or professional level. The good thing about this problem that ends up in total and complete physical and emotional exhaustion is that it can be recognized when it is taking place. It can also be treated if the recognition comes at too late of a stage of the onset of staleness and burnout. But the best remedy for athletic staleness and burnout is prevention of it in the first place. There are three different models that have been used to explain the causes of athlete burnout.
Each game, my passion grew. Each team, new memories and lifelong friends were made. Sports sometimes make me feel disappointment and at loss; but it taught me to be resilient to a lot of things, like how to thrive under pressure and come out on top. Being the team captain of my high school’s football and lacrosse team showed me how having a big responsibility to bring a group together to work as one is compared to many situations in life. Currently playing varsity football, varsity lacrosse, and track I take great pride in the activities I do. Staying on top of my academics, being duel enrolled at Indian River State College, working three nights a week, and two different sport practices after school each day shaped my character to having a hard work
The athletes that play one sport versus multiple sports all relate to the ethics of preventing sports injuries. A big topic of this pathway is the coaches’ role. A coach should know what’s right from what’s wrong when it comes to his or her player. When a player looks like he/she is tired then the coach should take the player out of the game. If the coach leaves them in the game they are more susceptible to injuries [Graham]. Another example is if a football player gets hit hard in a play then he should come out of the game and get evaluated for a concussion.
Motivation plays a vital role in being part of a sport team. Players have to want it, they have to want to win, they need to want to hit the ball over the fence, or do better in the next round, in the next quarter. Whatever the sport may be the way you think and feel about a sport should be wanting to play and be a part of a team. If a player just “ I only play my sport to show others how good I am at it?” This mental thinking shows that a player is not interested in the sport and only wants a higher social status, that even though the athlete may be good at his/her sport that, they are not into the sport. The athlete needs to be able to enjoy the sport and be confident not to show his ego through. Leave the ego behind and get your job done depending on your position in the sport. “I play my sport for the status of being an athlete. ” These athletes are the one’s who may be terrible at the sport but the coaches feel bad and feel the need to keep them on the team. The other part may be that the athlete is fantastic at some parts of the sport and does not really need to play every game or all games. This is also an ego boost for
It's a job. With being a student athlete you go from school to practice, sometimes having two-a-days, so you basically have no free-time besides your sport. As if 5 days a week weren’t bad enough you also have to have some Saturday practices (your weekends aren’t even safe). It seems like you never get time off and you’re always constantly exhausted.
...must simply want to participate in your sport. Not everyone will choose or is able able to persist through difficult tasks and difficult times, especially when these rewards and benefits are not immediately forthcoming. But cutting edge athletes realize that many of the benefits come from their participation, not the outcome.
The first category of sports is individual sports, in which a person can play alone if he/she does not have any partner. For example, auto racing, tent pegging, golf, fishing, skating, skiing, swimming, martial arts and cycling. These are the sports that a person can play alone and maintain his/her fitness while enjoying the game. Unlike team sports, individual sports focus more on personal growth and accomplishment. In indivi...
In addition to the lack of rest, high commitment competitive sports require children to give up school time to further themselves in their sport. Nowadays, there is an abundance of sporting events that are scheduled either during school, or during a time of day that requires children to miss some school in order to make the event on time. Scheduling sporting events during a time that requires students to miss school promotes that sports is more important than their schooling. I spoke with my friend Emilie Hawks, who has been a competitive soccer player (for both club and high school) for 14 years about her different tournaments that have caused her to miss a lot of school. “I first time I remember missing school for soccer was for a tournament in third grade. I left school early on a Friday, and I thought it was the best thing ever,” Hawks said. “After that, it was maybe two to three times a year that I would miss a Friday or Monday for a soccer tournament in elementary school, depending on where the tournament was at. Once I got to middle school, I started missing a lot more since my team entered MRL
Sports participation provides lifelong benefits for young people such as improving fitness, learning teamwork and developing character. Yet despite these benefits, millions of children dropout or withdraw from sports each year. In fact, Petlichkoff (1996) estimated the annual dropout rate at 35% with many children withdrawing from sports in early adolescent (cited in Fraser-Thomas & Deakin, 2008). Further, Telama, Yang, Hirvensalo, and Raitakari (2006) state when early withdrawal happens, children will less likely engage in physical activity later in life. Because of the high dropout rate and associated implications, researchers have devoted numerous studies investigating the factors that may cause children to withdraw from sports. For example, Martens (2012) identified the following reasons why a child will discontinue participation: (a) they no longer enjoy playing the sport, (b) they lose interest in the sport, (c) they are not learning new skills, and (d) they do not play enough. However, such descriptive factors do not identify underlying causes behind the decision to discontinue participation.
Many potentially gifted athletes shy away from fulfilling their dreams because they do not have the funds to purchase the proper equipment to practice or play a sport. This paper is going to discuss amateur athletes and keeping their amateur status. Oxford’s dictionary definition states, an amateur is a person who engaged in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis. Sport’s attire companies should be allowed to give free shoes and equipment to high school athletes for the athlete’s exceptional performance, recruitment purposes, or the athlete’s inability to purchase their own top performance shoes and equipment.
As I got older and entered high school, some individual sports did excite me. Golf was one sport in particular. I joined the team my junior year. This made a big impact in my life as I am still an avid golfer and love to push myself to get better. I decided to take up golf for two reasons. One, my dad loved to golf and would take me in the back yard and show me how to do it. At this age, it was an important bonding tool between us two because it was the only thing that we could do just the two of us. The second reason was that my friends were taking it up at the same time. We all decided to try it together so it was a learning experience for all of us. We had a lot of fun doing it and I have many humorous memories from our early days. I stuck with team sports as my emphasis as I joined softball teams, and played tackle and flag football as well. These help me express my competitive side and also let me run around and release a lot of energy as I am always on the go. These sports are great for building meaningful and long relationships between people.
Athletic participation has many benefits for people. Fitness is a major contributor to a person’s decision to participate in a sport. Teamwork and cooperation are another
A sport does not only contribute to the physical attributes of an individual but also plays an important part in improving the mental well being of the individual. It is not only important for someone to be physically fit to master a sport but also be psychologically stable. While one focuses on that, the former influences the latter and vice-verse.
As a high school student, I was always committed to both academics and athletics. They went hand-in-hand for me. I have been a student-athlete my entire life and I think that it has helped me become a stronger student. It showed me how to manage my time as well as become more efficient and focused both while studying and at practice. Being able to manage both showed me my academic potential.