[littlelefty]

littlelefty on May 4, 2005 at 11:07 pm #10820

I have been on several fourms and never seen this topic brought up, and was wondering how some you throwers try to balance this? I mean if you want to be successful sugested that you get an education, but however your coach tells you if you want to be successful at your sport you have to work and train hard! Well through my own experience, I have found many pros and cons reguarding this topic.

Some of them being:
PROS
*Developes responsibility
*Makes you a more positive person to help achieve your goals
*Developes new friendship
*Shows your contribution involvement in the community ex. volenteering
*(Many others)
CONS
*Puts conflict between your academics (primary goal)
*Athletics takeing over academics
*Excuses why one cannot perform true responsibilityies
*Being around bad influences
*Causes more stress
*(Many others)

I am right now on the verge of Graduateing High School with hopefully a 3.0 overall G.P.A. now I’m at a 2.98 G.P.A., with that in mind that’s mainly why I brought up this topic.

I would like to know what some of you think about this from your personal experience. Thank you!

[magic-stick]

magic-stick on May 5, 2005 at 6:08 am #45154

I’ve always had athletics before school. Sports are the only reason I’m in school. Recently I have come to see that my education should come first but I still do it for the sports. I balance my schoolwork and practice better when I play a sport just because you have to manage your time better. I have like a 3.56 overall GPA. But this is because of my parents… college should be interesting.

Eventhough this is a good topic this should be in the “Other Topic” fourm…lol

Jessica

[swiftyer]

swiftyer on May 6, 2005 at 9:06 am #45155

I like to think of it this way.
The harder you study, the better opportunity you have to train in a suitable environment. No brains = No money = no equipment = no performance = absolute sadness.

[Daniel Andrews]

Daniel Andrews on May 6, 2005 at 9:23 am #45156

right on swiftyer

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on May 6, 2005 at 9:51 am #45157

bah, academics are overrated.

[Daniel Andrews]

Daniel Andrews on May 6, 2005 at 10:04 am #45158

The harder you work now, the less you will have to work when you get older.

[zander]

zander on May 6, 2005 at 6:04 pm #45159

I think that acedemics should be your first priority no matter what. 99% of the people who are involved in athletics will not become professionals, therefore you need to make sure that you put in the time for acedemics. And if you are successful in the classroom that typically carries over the the track.

[Daniel Andrews]

Daniel Andrews on May 6, 2005 at 6:34 pm #45160

[i]Originally posted by zander[/i]
And if you are successful in the classroom that typically carries over the the track.

How right you are Zander, because a good work ethic carries you farther in your post-pubescent stages of delevopment. No longer does the kid who developed faster than their counterparts win races or throw farther. Not only that but it is crucial to success in the real world.

[swiftyer]

swiftyer on May 7, 2005 at 6:19 pm #45161

[i]Originally posted by zander[/i]
I think that acedemics should be your first priority no matter what. 99% of the people who are involved in athletics will not become professionals,.

AAHHH. for a minute there, you crushed my dreams of being the next world record asian hurdler like Liu Xiang! 🙂
Nonetheless, I agree with all of you.
Education is what brought the technical and scientific aspect of the art of track and field(or any other sport) to begin with. Without academics, we wouldn’t exactly have those track-geniuses like Charlie Francis or even Mike himself. It all adds up. Read a book you damn couch-potatoes!

[Derrick Brito]

Derrick Brito on May 10, 2005 at 12:25 pm #45162

nah guys i was semi kidding. i havent been as successful in high school academics as many people because it simply doesnt interest me. the pace is too slow, too much junk work, too many idiot high schoolers. when i was a junior i became a running start student and it has worked perfectly for me. i raised my cum gpa over half a point (its still not too impressive) and im just taking a little more roundabout way to get to a university. track and martial arts are my true passions and i have spent a lot of time looking at how to better myself and others in this aspect. eventually, (in the next year probably) i want to transfer to a bigger school to study kinesiology or biomechanics or something similar so i can be an awesome track coach. track gave me direction in my academics, not the other way around.

[littlelefty]

littlelefty on May 13, 2005 at 6:04 am #45163

My exams are less than a week away, I have not practiced for almost a week think I’m going to go through withdrawal symptoms any day now! LOL. :dance::no: