Apr08
My life as a Junior College Student/Athlete
Every college athlete deals with this same issue. Regardless of level, balancing academics and athletics is at the forefront of all athletes minds. At Rockland Community College, baseball and the spring semester begin at exactly the same time…making it difficult to focus on school. Afterall, I have a job to win! I am out to be one of the starting pitchers. The key to doing this is to figure out what coach has planned and see what kind or routine, if any, he is going to follow. Figure this out, usually happens within the week, and then straighten out your academics.
I have to say that school coinciding with the start of baseball does cause some hassle. Last minute class changes, people trying to meet eligibility requirements, and just getting situated into school hours all throws everyone off a little the first week. Add baseball to the equation and things can get a tad bit hairy. I thought I figured this out, afterall I am in my fourth semester, but I underestimated how much little things like buying your books and a hamstring injury can screw things up.
Finally, getting on the baseball field was my release…just having fun and getting away from the hectic start of the semester. Even though the first week of practice consisted of conditioning and light baseball drills (PFPs or pitcher’s fielding practice, bunt coverage and first and third defense) I was in heaven. The rest of the week consists of long tossing and mental preparation for opening day!
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Parfait Apr 8th 2008 at 07:13 pm 1
Being an athlete myself, I went through the same thing. However, I know many baseball players who by second semester don’t want anything to do with school and just want to play baseball. Everyday in class you would see the whole baseball team in there baseball gear knowing that after the class that they are probally not going to show up for, that they will be heading to practice for 3 hours of stress free fun.
Elyssa Jimenez Apr 9th 2008 at 03:31 pm 2
I have a friend who plays baseball in college and he’s always telling me it’s a lot of work. They have to practice so much and still deal with the school stuff but for him, it’s totally worth it. He loves getting out on the field everyday and playing.
Elyssa Jimenez Apr 9th 2008 at 03:55 pm 3
I have a friend who plays college baseball and it seems to me like its a lot of work. He’s always stressing but he balances school and baseball pretty well. I think it’s just the feeling of getting out on the field and playing the game everyday that makes it worth it for him.
Randy Mcoy the MAC Apr 9th 2008 at 10:19 pm 4
Oh man my boy plays ball down south for some school, cant remember the name but its in Florida. I don’t think it’s a major school or major team but he tells me all the time that he lives baseball now. His life consists of waking up and going to class, then baseball till he falls asleep. I cant amazing a life like that.
Bill Supples Apr 10th 2008 at 05:54 am 5
College athletics get really tough on people, i know from experience. balancing academics and athletics really puts your nerves to the test and can even burn people out. Good luck man. Keep playing though!
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