Student Athlete Research Paper

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Athletics teach kids life lessons no matter what sport they are involved with. Sports teach responsibility, leadership, dedication, mental toughness, and also time management which most students have trouble with. All of these characteristics are gain in sports will benefit you later in life. No matter what people say being a student athlete is one of the most difficult for a kid to be. Being a student athlete's just increase the amount of stress along with academics and family life. This paper explores how young men and women build character as they participate in athletics. The main characteristic that young athletes build that are stated in this paper are social skills, moral values, and the struggles and dedication of athletes with disabilities. Even though there are many positives …show more content…
But overall the positives outweigh the negatives, no matter what people might say. Student athletes will be much more prepared for the workforce than those who did not participate in athletes as young men and women. From the information shown in this paper it indicates that students that were in athletics will be more prepared for competition in the workforce and being more dedicated to their work. In the future people will fight to get athletics banned from schools all over the country because of the few negatives. If schools were to ban athletes students will become less responsible, and students will begin to skip school and get involved with things that can lead them down the wrong way. Large majority of people see the positives of athletics and see how athletes change trouble kids to be good role models to other student athletes. As stated in this paper a student athlete's coach is how they build character and what characteristic they build. Coaches coach because they want the best for their athletes and want them to become the best people they can be. Not only teaching them the sport they might be playing but what means more is to teach them life lessons through the