Be Efficient In Your Time Management

You finally made it through high school, passed your college entrance exams, and chose the university 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 excited, but also nervous about entering the college campus, you have little idea what to do next. You first visit your coach and he or she told you that practice starts early in the morning.

After visiting your coach, you then go on to class. As a summary, the first day was not that bad, no assignments, no formal lectures, simply plain introduction of the topic and course curriculum.

The following day, you awake fresh in the morning, refreshed and prepared 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 get ready 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 can manage. On the next class, the situation gets worse.

After finishing the class, 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 want to make an impression and receive their approval, you accept their invitation without a hint of hesitation.

In the party, a thought occurs to you that you still have that 1500 word essay to do. However, you believe that you should be able to manage and the deadline is not that short.

After the party, you’re tired and return 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 or 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 entire life and adding to your poor performance is the thought of the 1500 word assignment still untouched. Your coach is angry with you because of your performance, he is giving you a terrible time and tells you to stay and clean up the locker room.

At last, you get done cleaning the locker room and you go to your first class of the day as quickly as you can, but still, you arrive to class late. Your professor, as a punishment, doesn’t let you into the class due to your tardiness.

What is worse is that the professor is giving tips on how to do the research for the essay. You think  about failing the class but that would mean your athlete scholarship would be revoked.

The above scenario may appear far fetched but this situation truly happens to college athletes. They should employ a more sophisticated time management techniques. Getting admitted to college is fairly easy. The challenging part is effectively managing your time to accomplish all the activities you are committed to, and never neglecting your schoolwork.

Many students in college find it hard to successfully manage their time between their schoolwork and other extra-curricular and social activities. It is especially so for college athletes. They got to undergo stressful trainings and cannot afford to lapse in their schoolwork as they have to retain their scholarship.

The sudden spike in responsibility is very shocking for college students, especially freshmen and college athletes. You just have to study harder and train harder because of the new level of competition.

You may be the track star back in high school, but in college, many competitors can easily beat your record in high school. You’ve got to train more diligently to keep competing in your sport.

The following are a few time management tips for college athletes:

One of the first things you have to include in your time management planning is study time. You have probably done it before back in high school, but it is slightly different in college. It will be much harder because you have less time for studying.

As a college athlete, you may have 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.

Try to talk to your professor about your schedule and he or she might consider transferring you to another class with the same subject on another time.

When you havedevelop effective time management strategies, you will surely have enough time for your trainings, matches, study time, socializing, and your personal life.