Juan Perez

Professor Batty

English 101

March 25, 2019

College Athletes

Being a college athlete needs determination, motivation, and discipline to be in any sport

at the school. But sometimes when joining any sport program, it may take away time and energy

to be able to practice and be with the team. It may be harder to work and even to do homework for

the classes you are taking because it takes up a lot of time. College Athletes have little time

management. Allowing College Athletes to make mandatory meetings with coaches or counselors

to set an approved schedule for them. College Athletes need to have well time managed because

it can get in the way of over things like other classes. This helps the athletes be less stressed about

school and more focused in class and during their playing time.

Time management with student athletes is a problem because they don’t have a fair

schedule when it comes to practicing their sport. Time management is the process of organizing

and planning how to divide our time between activities. I think some athletes are not allowed fair

schedules because sometimes the sport is put on top of everything else. When it came to sports in

school the main priority was school and then the sport. Its hard to do both at the same time and

can be hard to choose for some of us because both can decide our future. In online page by Best

Colleges Online they state that, “coaches often don’t follow practice limits and unfortunately,

coaches may be exacerbating the student’s athletes mistake identity as simply an athlete”. This

being said the time managed by the players is poorly done because the coaches put the sport above
education. Students that train their whole lives practicing the sport will not leave it or minimize

the work that they want to put into it because it’s their future.

Most College sport teams offer programs that can help these athletes with any trouble they

have. Here at LA Valley College they offer a program to the football team called the Zone. The

Zone is a computer lab that helps players with English and math homework. There are tutors for

both of those subjects there every Tuesday and Wednesday. Reggie Reed is the athletic counselor

at the computer lab to help all student athletes needs with there classes or any questions. There is

also another tutor there to help you met your goals on the assignment. All thanks to the programed

funded by Equity Grant on campus by our new community athletes have a little bit more help with

their class work.

These programs will help our College athletes to do better in school because it will be

helped them organize their time and even help them with there studies. These are some of their

times offered if any need any help during any time from 9am to 2pm. There are also other things

these athletes can do if they aren’t able to find the time to go to these tutoring days which is going

to the library. College Athletes should not be afraid to seek help when it is needed because it can

affect them in the end. Some Athletes have trouble reaching out to get help because they are afraid

that the coach will not want to help them because its not focused on the sport they are playing.

Sometimes the sport programs require too much time because they offer to participate in preseason

and postseason activities.

There is much that goes into the hard work of becoming a College Athlete, but it can be

done with the help the colleges. There are also Athletes who do not have a problem with their time

management and think that they offer and help as much as they can. They think its all on the player

to manage his time because they are in college and don’t need to be babysat. There are tutoring
sessions at the library but sometimes the schedules at the library are not suitable for these athletes

to go to. That’s why there should be other benefits installed so athletes can get better help.

In conclusion time management is necessary to all college athletes to be able to have. Being

able to be prepared to all classes and their sport is a benefit to them and they’re future because it

helps them stay on top of everything. I hope it is taken a little more serious when it comes to

helping our college athletes because its harder for them in school than it is for any other student

going to school. I am also looking in to join an athletic program here and hopefully wish to receive

the maximum amount of help I can get so I can thrive in my classes and in the sport. Having to

balance the general classes and a sport program is hard. I can say it because I’ve been there and its

not difficult if you get the help you need to be successful in college.
 Works Cited

BestCollegesOnline.com

LA Valley College.com