You finally finished high school, passed your college entrance exams, and chose the college you are going to enroll in. Another great thing is that you have been given the opportunity to avail of scholarship for athletes.
You are thrilled, and also a little apprehensive upon entering the college campus, you have little idea what to do next. You first visit your coach and he or she tells you that practice starts early in the morning.
After meeting your coach, you now go on to class. As a summary, the first day wasn't too bad, no homework, no formal lectures, simply plain introduction of the topic and course curriculum.
Next day, you awake early in the morning, refreshed and ready for training. The coach gives you a hard time, and you tell yourself that it is quite natural for coaches to give newbie’s a hard time.
After training, you return to your dorm to prepare for your classes. You are jerked into shock when you enter your first class, the professor who seemed so nice turns out to be the devil from hell. The professor gives each of the students a 1500 word essay with a short deadline, and you tell yourself that you will manage. On the next class, the situation gets worse.
After the class ends, you then go to the field and make friends with the other athletes, everyone is talking about party on that night and they invite you to go. Of course, since you wish to make an impression and receive their approval, you accept their invitation instantly.
In the party, a thought strikes to you that you still have that 1500 word essay to contend with. However, you believe that you should be able to manage and the deadline is not that short.
After the party, you’re tired and go to your dorm room, and as if all the things you experienced on that day wasn’t enough, your roommate is also having a small party in your dorm room. The music is loud, you can't study, you can't sleep and the place is a total mess.
You then wake up worn out and stressed out, you go to the practice field late, and your performance is the worst performance in your whole life and adding to your poor performance is the thought of the 1500 word assignment left untouched. The coach is furious with you because of your performance, he is giving you a terrible time and demands that you stay and clean up the locker room.
Finally, you get done cleaning the locker room and you go to your first class of the day as fast as you can, but still, you get to to class late. Your professor, as a punishment, refuses to let you into the class due to your tardiness.
The worst thing is that the professor is giving tips on how to do the research about the essay. You think about failing the class but that would mean your athlete scholarship would be revoked.
The story narrated above may appear far fetched but such situations truly happens to college athletes. They need to use a more advanced time management techniques. Being enrolled to college is pretty easy. The hard part is effectively managing your time to accomplish all the things you are committed to, and never affecting your studies.
Many students in college find it difficult to effectively manage their time between their schoolwork and their extra-curricular and social activities. It is especially so for college students involved in sports. They have to go through stressful trainings and cannot afford to lapse in their schoolwork as they have to retain their scholarship.
The sudden spike in responsibility is very challenging for college students, especially freshmen and college athletes. You just have to study harder and train more seriously because of the new level of competition.
You may be the track star back in high school, but in college, many other athletes can easily beat your record in high school. You have to train more diligently to keep competing in your sport.
The following are a couple of time management tips for college athletes:
One of the priorities you must include in your time management planning is study time. You have probably done it before back in high school, but it is quite different in college. It will be much harder as you have less time for studying.
As a college athlete, you can get contradictions on your match schedules and your classes and even exams. Colleges offer tutors for college athletes to prevent them from missing their classes and school matches.
Go talk to your professor about your timetable and he or she may consider transferring you to another class with the same subject at another time.
Once you havedevelop effective time management strategies, you will definitely have enough time for your trainings, matches, study time, socializing, and your personal life.
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