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Balancing Sports and Academics
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:31 pm
Just spoke to a parent, Her son plays JV football. she said her son is going to be missing his game, its a midweek game, to study and do homework. He apparently has a couple of big test the following day.
Kind of through me off, I played sports and in my mind I believe he should be there, I would feel as if I am letting my team mates down. But then again I highly highly doubt he will be playing any sort of football after high school.
What is the O-T's thoughts on these types of situations?
Kind of through me off, I played sports and in my mind I believe he should be there, I would feel as if I am letting my team mates down. But then again I highly highly doubt he will be playing any sort of football after high school.
What is the O-T's thoughts on these types of situations?
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 3:32 pm
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Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:32 pm to Cisco Kidd
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Cisco Kidd
Sit on a cacti and rotate.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:32 pm to Cisco Kidd
school comes before sports. but......it's my opinion that the little dude needs to learn how to prepare early and not wait to cram at the end. he'll learn.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:33 pm to Cisco Kidd
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Kind of through me off
Maybe you should have missed a game or two.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:36 pm to Cisco Kidd
I think it is a bad decision to miss the game...he isn't being taught time management
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:37 pm to Cisco Kidd
If I was his coach, I would understand. But I would also be pretty pissed off.
The message needs to be delivered that academics comes first... so that you can participate in sports. That means studying ahead of time if you know you have a game and a test the next morning.
There's no reason the kid can't do both if he takes both seriously.
The message needs to be delivered that academics comes first... so that you can participate in sports. That means studying ahead of time if you know you have a game and a test the next morning.
There's no reason the kid can't do both if he takes both seriously.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:39 pm to Cisco Kidd
Bad call, the game is probably early enough that the kid would still have time to study after.
He needs to learn to not start studying the day before a test as well.....
He needs to learn to not start studying the day before a test as well.....
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:39 pm to Cisco Kidd
As long as his grades aren't poor, I don't see any reason he should have to miss. Academics are paramount to participation in extra-curriculicars, but if they can't be balanced, then he should leave the team.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:44 pm to Cisco Kidd
Don't try out for the team if you can't fully commit. No reason he can't play the game and study before and or after. If that's not enough time to study he should just quit the team. Most high school athletes handle their school work without missing games.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 3:58 pm to Cisco Kidd
If football isn't going to be your career then your education needs to come first. IMO it should be first even if it may be your career.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:22 pm to Cisco Kidd
Kid sounds like a pussy. No classes in high school are hard enough to miss a football game for, especially since he's probably a sophomore since he's playing jv
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:36 pm to Cisco Kidd
quote:this hits close to home. as a scholarship tightrope walker, i felt a lot of pressure to practice instead of studying.
Balancing Sports
Posted on 9/7/16 at 4:47 pm to Cisco Kidd
WTF? Learn to study, I'd kick the kid off the team if I was the coach.
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