Tick, tick, tick. The clock strikes 6:00 p.m. Your coach yells “On the line!”. You take a deep breath and wipe the sweat off your face as you walk to the line. You know you aren’t getting out of this gym for at least another 30 minutes. Coaches pound hours of practice into athletes’ brains. Student athletes struggle with this everyday of their lives. Adults do not realize how much pressure is put on them. They do get mentally stressed. They do not have a hundred hours in a day. They need to keep their grades up to be able to play. They get home late and still be destined fit in family time, homework, and sleep. High school practices should not be allowed to be longer than two hours a day.
Keeping your grades up is a hard task with or without sports. Three hour practices after school make getting homework done almost unbearable. On average, high school students spend up to 17.5 hours a week on homework (Bidwell). Combine that with five days a week with three hours of practice in each. Adds up to a grand total of 32 hours of your precious seven day week, gone. For me, living 45 minutes away from the school decreases the already cramped amount of time I have for homework. After an almost three hour practice and then getting home around eight, I do not have the motivation to even …show more content…
Teenagers take part in various practices like youth groups, bible studies, and church. Sociologists have found that religious students have a higher self-esteem and positive outlook on life (“Sociologists Find that Religious…”). Having a positive outlook on life can help reduce stress levels. It can be complicated for student athletes to participate in religious practices with an extremely long and tiring practice. On Wednesday, my school’s policy states that practices cannot go any longer than 6. If the policy for everyday was no longer than two hours, student athletes would be able to participate in the things they
Keeping your grades up is a hard task with or without sports. Three hour practices after school make getting homework done almost unbearable. On average, high school students spend up to 17.5 hours a week on homework (Bidwell). Combine that with five days a week with three hours of practice in each. Adds up to a grand total of 32 hours of your precious seven day week, gone. For me, living 45 minutes away from the school decreases the already cramped amount of time I have for homework. After an almost three hour practice and then getting home around eight, I do not have the motivation to even …show more content…
Teenagers take part in various practices like youth groups, bible studies, and church. Sociologists have found that religious students have a higher self-esteem and positive outlook on life (“Sociologists Find that Religious…”). Having a positive outlook on life can help reduce stress levels. It can be complicated for student athletes to participate in religious practices with an extremely long and tiring practice. On Wednesday, my school’s policy states that practices cannot go any longer than 6. If the policy for everyday was no longer than two hours, student athletes would be able to participate in the things they