Carrying on, playing a sport competitively as a teenager consumes a majority of the athlete’s time. Before things get so uptight and serious in adult life, it is critical to try new things, spend time …show more content…
Playing sports, however, absorb all possible time that the athlete has for these crucial moments in their life. Though some sports are seasonal, others, like soccer, are year round and practically never ending. Practices, games and team bondings are activities that take up much of an athlete’s life outside of school, not including the time needed to work on recruitment if they wish to play at the collegiate level. Dedicated athletes sacrifice their time for schoolwork, family, social relations or even sleep to ensure that they make it to these events. If they are successful in school and their sport, they are likely without an adequate amount of sleep. If they are getting enough sleep, another area of their