American culture is the only culture that funds inter-school sports programs. This has lead the emergence of high school sports. I know personally I benefited from the funds given to high school sports programs. Since the emergence of high school sports, this has grown a lot since the first day. There are more and more sports being introduced to schools and opening more doors for students to better themselves and get a higher education from these programs. I know volleyball pushed me to do well in my education, and to do well in basketball, because basketball was my off season sport to keep me in shape for volleyball. Sport helps to create a community and sense of belonging for many teens who come from troubled backgrounds or even those who want to be themselves, and can't because of their social groups. Sports is healthy for the development of a high school student for multiple reasons. As I have said before it motivates students to excel in the classroom while also keeping them out of trouble. Also this is a great form of exercise.
Interscholastic sport is a huge role in high school sports experience. Many students do not plan to play sports after high school so they shoot for the stars and want to win state games, get the ring, trophy and the Letterman jacket. I know I wanted to do all I could in high school, and I knew I was not going to play in college. Unless I went to Nebraska to play volleyball then I would continue, but I wanted to stay close to my mom so I stayed here and I refused to play for CU. There is also the aspect of partaking in the Friday night games or being apart of the fan section in games. This gave many students a sense of belonging and family. On the flip side, sports made it eye opening how cut throat things can be when competing for positions. If you do not show what the coach is looking for you will wither be benched most of the season or cut completely from the team. This pushes players to be the best they can be and not go half speed. Go hard or go home is that motto.
Problems associated with interscholastic sport are many people believe sports will become their child's only focus and their academics will take a toll, but little do people know many coaches believe if you cannot excel in the classroom you do not play simple as that. I know for my high school we had weekly report cards and if it was not what the coach wanted we did not travel that week, which was not only heart breaking but it was embarrassing because if you were still in school when the team left everyone knew it was because you were not excelling in the classroom. Sometimes we could not wear our jumpsuits on game days if our grades were not correct. This pushed us and we even had an off period to do a team study hall so we could help one another and keep our grades up this way if one of us failed we all failed. We were a team and we had one another' backs like a family. The only solution is dependent on the coach, the athlete and their family, for the simple fact if the coach says you need to maintain this class average and if you don't you will be cut or benched that week can really push students to give their all in the classroom. I know I did, plus my mother said if I do not keep my grades up she won't allow me to practice until my grades got up so I made sure to stay on top of my school work.
Interscholastic sport is a huge role in high school sports experience. Many students do not plan to play sports after high school so they shoot for the stars and want to win state games, get the ring, trophy and the Letterman jacket. I know I wanted to do all I could in high school, and I knew I was not going to play in college. Unless I went to Nebraska to play volleyball then I would continue, but I wanted to stay close to my mom so I stayed here and I refused to play for CU. There is also the aspect of partaking in the Friday night games or being apart of the fan section in games. This gave many students a sense of belonging and family. On the flip side, sports made it eye opening how cut throat things can be when competing for positions. If you do not show what the coach is looking for you will wither be benched most of the season or cut completely from the team. This pushes players to be the best they can be and not go half speed. Go hard or go home is that motto.
Problems associated with interscholastic sport are many people believe sports will become their child's only focus and their academics will take a toll, but little do people know many coaches believe if you cannot excel in the classroom you do not play simple as that. I know for my high school we had weekly report cards and if it was not what the coach wanted we did not travel that week, which was not only heart breaking but it was embarrassing because if you were still in school when the team left everyone knew it was because you were not excelling in the classroom. Sometimes we could not wear our jumpsuits on game days if our grades were not correct. This pushed us and we even had an off period to do a team study hall so we could help one another and keep our grades up this way if one of us failed we all failed. We were a team and we had one another' backs like a family. The only solution is dependent on the coach, the athlete and their family, for the simple fact if the coach says you need to maintain this class average and if you don't you will be cut or benched that week can really push students to give their all in the classroom. I know I did, plus my mother said if I do not keep my grades up she won't allow me to practice until my grades got up so I made sure to stay on top of my school work.
I agree with your idea that parents might think that their children are only going to focus in sports, but what about students that are pushed through classes just because they are good in sports? I think this is something that happens all the time. I'm not saying that it is the same story with every good athlete (i'm pretty sure there are many good athletes that do very well in school), but I think this is a big problem and at the end of the day it affects the student when it is time to graduate and he did not learn all he need to in order to be prepared for college.
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