Essay On Student Athletes

Sport’s are an aspect of life that affect societies across the globe. Athletics affect everyone's life, whether that be playing the sport, watching games, or hearing about a sporting event. There is a big difference between playing an individual sport and players relying on their own athletic abilities versus a team sport when members of the team rely on their teammates to complete each individual's specific responsibility to reach the team's goal. Team sports bring people together in countless ways, and they teach many life skills for the athletes that participate in them. Some of these skills include communication, teamwork, discipline, work ethic, dedication, leadership, and numerous more that will help them in their personal and work

Before high school athletes totally rule out trying to play sports in college they need to consider the similarity and differences between high school and college sports. As young children, most high school athletes started out dreaming about being a sports star and making it into the professional. If these dreams are given up because college sports seem out of reach or too difficult, they will never know where they could have ended up. College sports can seem like a big step from high school sports but in the end they have many similarities.

Lebron James and Freddy Adu are both young athletes and with millions in their pockets with a countless number of endorsement contracts. Whether it is high school athletes skipping college and discontinuing the development of their education for millions of dollars, or teenagers signing contracts with businesses for massive amounts of money, youth sports programs are changing rapidly. However, American high school athletes are not financially, physically, or mentally prepared to tackle and endure the pressures of professional sports.

Sports was a part of my life growing up - whether it was attending games with my family to support the Huskies at Rentschler Field or Wolfpack hockey games at the Hartford Civic Center or even being part of a basketball team since before middle school, I have grown to love the atmosphere that sport brings. Whether it was assisting my Mom coach in our town’s T-Ball league or working with the disabled or even with the students at Wish Elementary School, through sports, I have been able to build a solid sense of a wider community. It is not just about the game itself but it is about what happens in-between and after. It is the indescribable bonds that form between

All of the publicity that is attained by success, and the possibility of this success, places a great deal of pressure and stress on these young single-sport athletes. This stress and pressure takes the fun out of some sports. Youth sports are becoming serious and based more on winning than on having a great time and learning good sportsmanship. Adu points out the winning mindset of athletes in this day and age when he says, “Teams will do anything to win the game. My coach told me to expect that going in and that is exactly how it was. . .I felt like everybody was out to get me” (Goodall, 2003). This

The relationship between a student-athlete and a college is contractual in nature. In Barile v. University of Virginia an Ohio court clarified that this contractual relationship is particularly applicable if a scholarship or financial aid is involved in the relationship. However, the student-athletes are not in a direct contractual relationship with the NCAA. That contractual relationship exists between the NCAA and its member institutions. Thus, the only contractual relationship former student athletes have with the NCAA is as a third-party beneficiary.

In the interview with Ms. Bellamy she discussed the large impact that Husky Sport has had on her life and her future. Ms. Bellamy has had a great deal of involvement within Husky Sport since she started as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut. Through her work with Husky Sport, Ms. Bellamy admits that it was the children in Hartford and her experience on site that drove her to continue her work with the program and ultimately decide to pursue a master’s in social work. Throughout her years with Husky Sport, and the many different experiences that she has witnessed, Ms. Bellamy admits that the program has truly shaped her life and her

Being a college athlete means you are someone representing your school on daily basis by being a part of a team for the sport you love. Student athletes are the ones that may become role models to younger children, throughout their career especially in Division I. So the expectation for good behavior is very high and consequences are crucial. As a student athlete, there are many things you should focus on your academics, sport and yourself. There is no time for social life if you are an athlete committed to their sport.

Student athletes, however, are often given priority, and are more likely to get the accommodations they need.”

Somewhere at this very moment someone is arguing and complaining about the unfair and unequal society. One of those unfair situations is the salaries among professional athletes and how their bank accounts are filling up with enormous paychecks. Athletes are active workers just like others, they go to work and they perform. What happens if they do not perform? They will get fired. So just because athletes work with what they are meant to do does not give the right to complain about how unfair life is. Almost everyone has the opportunity to choose their own path, whether it is to be a professional athlete, salesman or a plumber. Athletes choose their way of life, and just because of individual failures or different careers the blame is put on athletes and their work. Now that is unfair and unequal

Our plan, is to bring the sports to these students, so we can utilize their talents and teach them crucial team building skills that will positively impact their adult lives.

The bang of the head, the crack of the bone, the tear of a muscle, are all things that high school athletes put themselves at risks for. Every time a high school athlete steps foot on a field, rink, or court they put themself in a risky situation. Although the risk may be there, athletes achieve many valuable lessons throughout high school sports. The valuable lessons promote self-confidence, socialization and team spirit, as well as decreases stress. While playing sports, athletes are at excessive risks of being injured. Although high school athletes have a risk of being injured, the benefits of high school sports programs outweighs the physical risk because of its benefits to teenagers mental health, benefits to teenagers physical health,

By volunteering in Special Olympics, I receive the opportunity to influence those who otherwise have strenuous lives. As an assistant in basketball, there is little more gratifying than seeing the expression of sheer joy and euphoria on a participant’s face after they make a basket. Each individual athlete practices not only for the game itself, but the athletes also practice for the social interaction of the game and the physical exercise that accompanies basketball. While the impact overall may be trivial, the significance to each individual athlete is astonishing. Athletes and assistants alike will continually approach me and state how thankful they are that I am participating to assist the athletes. With these participants constantly coming

Children who participate in sports are developing rapidly in sports skills, sportsmanship, and psychologically, but does this come from organized sports are just nature’s process. Children develop emotional and social benefits from participating in sports. Children experience character and leadership development through peer relations leading to an increase in self-esteem and a decrease in anxiety levels. Children will get opportunities to experience positive and negative emotions throughout their practice and games trials. It is important for the coach to understand the “psychology of youth sports and physical activity participation” (Weinberg & Gould, 2011 p.516).

Raising children in today’s society is not for the faint of heart. Raising children has never been easy, but it is especially difficult in youth sports today. Coaches and parents are putting a lot of pressure on our young sons and daughters. The pressure to succeed in sports at