Time Management among Student Athletes Practice Time

Recently, there has been a rise of student-athletes competing in high school and club athletics, and struggling to balance all of their daily tasks. This leaves their schoolwork behind as they become centered around performing for their sports team, specifically for this project, soccer. Previous research has addressed sports and time management skills in high schools however no prior research has been conducted that identifies the impacts of different times of practice throughout the day. This begs the research question, “To what extent does a student athlete's club soccer practice time correlate to their time management skills? Throughout this experiment, researchers will go to two differing practice times, starting at 5:45 pm and 7:15 pm, all held at South Carolina United FC complexes, and take note of which teams practice consistently throughout the week at a certain time slot. A survey will be extended to multiple aged teams, all females and at the ECNL or ECRL levels, which will ask more specifically regarding time management skills and how student-athletes themselves feel they manage their workload and how heavy practice time affects it. From there an interview will be conducted among 3-5 randomized players throughout the club. This will all be structured with the intent of identifying which practice time aids athletes in balancing their academics alongside their sporting events.