The Need For Time Management Skills For Athletes in College

You finally made it through high school, passed your college entrance exams, and chose the university you will enroll in. Another great thing is that you have been given the opportunity to avail of scholarship for athletes.

You are thrilled, but at the same time a little apprehensive about entering the college campus, you have no idea what to do next. You first visit your coach and he or she tells you that practice starts early next morning.

After seeing your coach, you then go on to class. As a summary, the first day wasn’t that bad, no assignments, no formal lectures, merely plain introduction of the topic and course curriculum.

The following day, you wake up fresh in the morning, refreshed and prepared for training. The coach gives you a hard time, and you take it that it is pretty natural for coaches to give newbie’s a hard time.

After training, you go to your dorm to prepare for your class. You are jerked into shock when you enter your first class, the professor who appeared so nice turns out to be the devil from hell. The professor gives each of the students a 1500 word essay with a short deadline, and you tell yourself that you will manage. On the next class, the situation gets worse.

After finishing the class, you then go to the field and make friends with the other athletes, everyone is talking about party on that night and you are invited to go. Naturally, since you want to make an impression and receive their approval, you accept their invitation without thinking.

In the party, a thought strikes to you that you still have that 1500 word essay to contend with. However, you think that you should be able to manage and the deadline is not that short.

After the party, you’re tired and return to your dorm room, and as if all the things you experienced on that day wasn’t enough, your roommate is also having a small party in your dorm room. The music is loud, you can’t study, you can’t sleep and the place is a complete mess.

You then wake up worn out and stressed out, you go to the practice field late, and your performance is the worst performance in your whole life and adding to your poor performance is the thought of the 1500 word assignment left undone. Your coach is upset with you because of your performance, he gives a hard time and demands that you stay and clean up the locker room.

At last, you get done cleaning the locker room and you go to your first class of the day as quickly as you can, but still, you get to to class late. Your professor, as a punishment, refuses to let you into the class because of your tardiness.

The worst thing is that the professor is giving tips on how to do the research about the assignment. You think  about failing the class but that would mean your athlete scholarship will be revoked.

All these may appear impossible but this situation truly happens to college athletes. They have to use a more sophisticated time management techniques. Getting admitted to college is fairly easy. The hard part is effectively using your time to accomplish all the things you are committed to, and not affecting your schoolwork.

Many college students find it difficult to successfully manage their time between their schoolwork and their extra-curricular and social activities. It is especially so for college students involved in sports. They got to go through stressful trainings and cannot afford to lapse in their academics as they have to keep their scholarship.

The sudden increase in responsibility is very shocking for college students, especially freshmen and college athletes. You just have to study more diligently and train harder because of the new level of competition.

You may be the track star back in high school, but in college, many competitors can easily beat your record in high school. You’ve got to train more diligently to keep ahead of the competition in your sport.

Here are several time management tips for college athletes:

One of the first things you should include in your time management planning is study time. You have probably done it before back in high school, but it is quite different in college. It will be much harder because you have limited time for studying.

As an athlete in college, you can get contradictions on your match schedules and your classes or even exams. Colleges offer tutors for college athletes to avoid missing their classes and school matches.

Try to talk to your professor about your timetable and he or she might consider transferring you to another class with the same subject at another time.

When you havedevelop effective time management strategies, you will definitely have sufficient time for your trainings, matches, study time, socializing, and your personal life.

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