Stress of athletics

There are many stresses and things that could go wrong being an athlete.

The biggest thing for me is the time management. I have practices most of the days of the week along with the homework and family priorities on top of that. I often find myself very busy with little free time to relax or do activities. All of this “go, go, go” gets very tiring and soft of annoying because you feel like you don’t ever have time to relax.

Another stressful thing about playing a sport is when you get frustrated and you feel like nothing is going right. Sometimes, when you are working at things and trying to get better, you feel like you're getting worse instead of you get better. There are a lot of failures before success, but eventually you get it. Also, people get frustrated when they are not doing so well in practice or in a game. In track this is easy to do, and because so much of the game is mental, one mistake could affect your running and it makes you mad because you know you could have done better. We just have to remember that it is okay to make mistakes and that you learn from them. 

Another problem with some athletes is getting tired of your sport. If someone is constantly practicing and playing with no breaks, they might get burnt out and not enjoy playing or not want to play anymore. This is probably more likely to happen if the practices seem repetitive, like they're doing the same things all the time in practice. Some people will get burnt out, but some who really enjoy the game won't. It just depends on the person. Some ways to prevent this from happening is to take a break from it, or in your free time do things non sports related, so you're not always thinking about it and you're not always with the same people all the time. Sometimes it's not always the sport you get tired of, but the people. 

In sports, it's important to have good team chemistry. It is important for the team to get along so they can play well together, and when they don't it can be frustrating. That is another tough thing about playing sports; getting along with your teammates and how to deal with it if you don't. When people don't get along or if players have bad attitudes it can affect the whole team, even if it is just a couple people from the team because it can make the game not fun to play. 

All these things are very hard to deal with, but as athletes we have to push through it because that is what happens in sports, and if you love the sport enough it won't matter what you have to deal with to play it.

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