The Importance Of Sports In Sports

A woman had a fifteen year old daughter named Hannah who had been playing volleyball for practically her whole life. She was healthy, self confident and enjoyed learning. But ever since the new volleyball season started, her grades had been dropping. Hannah’s mom became very worried and made her quit, automatically assuming that spending too much time on sports was the cause of her failing grades. But even without her volleyball, Hannah’s grades continued to drop and she no longer seemed as happy or motivated to do well in school.

Many people think that sports can negatively affect how a student performs academically. In fact, in 2009, the University of California at Berkeley voted to ask the chancellor to stop funding the cost of intercollegiate sports, and use the money for other things around the campus that focus more on the “Academics First” resolution. “We look to the Academic Senate to represent faculty interests in maintaining the integrity of UC Berkeley as first and foremost a site of research and learning. At a campus ranked best public university in the world for its academic quality, academics must come first”. But there are also so many reasons why students should participate in physical activity and why athletics need to stay a very important part of any school’s focus, elementary through college level. Playing a sport helps you learn better time management, improve social and emotional skills, and your brain becomes more active.

One effect of sports on education is time management. Studies have shown that students with packed schedules tend to get work done faster and procrastinate less because they know that they only have a certain amount of time to get their work done. Non-athlete students might spen...

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...cess at school. Participating in sports is an easy way to improve both your grades as well as your mental and physical health. From personal experience, I know that when I have sports practice, it is much easier to concentrate, try hard, and get school work done a certain amount of time. On days when I do not have sports, I tend to do other things besides school work like watch television or play on my phone and the hours seem to fly by without getting anything productive done. When I finally get around to my school work, I am tired, stressed and I don’t want to try as hard because I want to hurry and get it finished as soon as possible. By playing sports over the years and meeting so many people around town, I have felt a better sense of belonging here at OIS and have learned many skills that helped me in the classroom and will help me all throughout my life.