Lake Orion HS survey finds that students focus more on school than sports
LAKE ORION, Mich. — Straight A’s and Sports are often perceived as difficult to juggle around. It’s either study hard or swing bats.
Surveys given by Lake Orion High School have shown that through five years students intended on concentrating on their studies rather than consuming valuable time with sports. Public School Review specified that after-school sports can benefit a student’s motive to get things done rather than putting them off for another hour and risking incompletion. By making sure they make time for training or are to keep consistent high grades, students can learn to manage time wisely to acquire what they want. After-school sports are also a benefit to gaining friendships.
Junior, Anais Pillot, who plays both soccer and track for Lake Orion High School agrees with the surveys.
“After-school sports allow you to connect with peers with similar hobbies,” Pillot said. “Connecting with peers outside of an educational environment allows for students to recognize the similarities and differences of their fellow classmates, and bonding with other teammates will help students step outside of their comfort zone and express themselves.”
Amir Ianis, a Sports Psychologist at Rochester University, states that sports improve the functioning and recovery of those parts of your brain that inhibit your feeling of stress and therefore the production of stress hormones. Moderately intensive endurance sports improve overall wellbeing.
“By moving, and keeping your body in shape, your skin improves, and your muscles become stronger. Not only do you feel fitter, but you also look fitter,” Ianis said. “When you feel powerful, you radiate it, protecting yourself from low self-esteem.”
“Endurance sports improve your stamina,” “The functioning of your heart, lungs, blood, and blood vessels improves and therefore you can transport more oxygen to your muscles. When your endurance improves, you become less tired from exertion and stay fit longer,” Ianis continued. “Studies have shown that exercise increases blood flow to the brain and helps the body build more connections between nerves, leading to increased concentration, enhanced memory, stimulated creativity, and better-developed problem-solving skills.”
Psychologist Dr. Jared Wood, at Lake Orion High School, mentions that an after-school program benefits mental health because it helps students connect with others. It also allows for students to be free of any textbooks, allowing the mind to relax and focus on physical health.
“Team sports help you stay with a positive mental attitude. You’re working out almost every day so it’s something of physical activity. It also promotes leadership, and companionship, and builds communicative trust,” said JoJo, a SafeEd monitor at Lake Orion High School. “School Programs promote diversity, bringing in students of all ethnic backgrounds, thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. It allows for students to meet new, different, and unique students much like themselves, and can bring out the best of people.”
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