Literature Review Athletic competition has been around for a long time and is growing in popularity. America’s passion for sports continues to grow as demonstrated by the amount of college and professional sports channels and magazines (Cotton, 2009). In high school, athletics can be seen as a positive motivation for student success, but can also deter pupils from academic excellence. Research on the relationship between academics and athletics is often contradicting. There are several studies
negative effect on a student’s academic performance? If they do, then why do schools take activities away from students at the first sign of academic troubles? If they are scientifically proven to be positive, then why are they not curricular rather than extra curricular? There are numerous influences that impact the academic performance of a student other than after school activities. However, this study will focus on the effect of extra curricular activities on academic performances. In many
opposing opinion that students who take part in organized sports suffer academically due to time deprivation and focus misdirected away from the classroom, involvement in sports teaches young men and women to maintain imperative values, such as hard work, selflessness, and commitment, which ultimately improves student-athletes’ academic performance. Student-athletes’ involvement in organized sports improves their academic performance by serving as motivation in the classroom. Student participation in
use and abuse by college students is more prevalent than it is with the general, overall population. In the United States, alcohol and substance use peak during the ages of 18 to 25, or during the post high-school, “college” years (Williams, Pacula, Chaloupka & Wechsler, 2001). During college many people try alcohol and marijuana for the first time and the setting allows for frequent and heavy use of either substance. It is estimated that nearly 2 in every 3 college students consume alcohol with nearly
Ethical and moral quandaries are present at all levels of organized sports (DeSensi, 2010). Athletic directors and sporting managers face many demands each day surrounding their job responsibilities; budgets, parents, coaches, student-athletes, office personal, facility management, public relations. Each of these areas and many more require a considerate, level minded, comprehensive ethical and moral response when a challenge arises to develop an equitable response and solution (DeSensi, 2010)
considered as a universal activity available to most students. However, some schools “cut physical education and recess periods to leave more time for sedentary classroom instruction” believing that it is for the betterment of a student’s mental development (the editorial board nytimes.com). Students, particularly the athletic ones, engage in physical activity regularly as a form of relieving stress and as a way to bond with peers. That is why these students join organizations that allow them to experience
The one group of students who get the most academic ties with his or her extra-curricular activity is the “jock”. As having the title as a jock, a child learns that many people look at someone who plays football or basketball doesn’t have the ability to learn as fast or as well as someone who just studies and doesn’t have extra-curricular activities. Studying this topic is not as stressed as it should be, even when many programs claim to get more physical activity in students. The articles that
has been shown that participating in athletics may lead to adolescents having more success in the classroom than their non-sports playing counterparts. A survey done by Michigan State University and USA Today shows that, “35 million United States children between the ages of five and eighteen are involved in youth athletic programs and have a regular AP” (Youth Sports Statistics, 2013). Please note that AP throughout all research studies mentioned means “athletic participation.” While all research
positively affecting athletic performance has become more and more evident almost daily. Specific macro and micronutrients are better understood as to their specific functions within the body and from that how they can influence the body’s ability to perform while under duress. An example of such would be the stress of athletic performance. Vitamin D, which is also referred to as cholecalciferol, is one of the fat soluble vitamins that have been attributed to influencing athletic performance. However, vitamin
Although homeschool student rights have risen in recent years in the nation and in Fauquier County, there are still steps to be made. According to the policies of the VHSL, or Virginia High School League, homeschool students are not permitted to participate in the athletic teams in public schools (Advocating for Homeschooled Children). This affects the more than 30,000 homeschool students in Virginia (Chapman). To define, homeschool is “school taking place outside of the public and private school