Being a Student-Athlete: 4 Major Challenges & How to Overcome Them
A student-athlete is between the pull of academic work and sporting activities, having to balance between the two. Challenges of being a student-athlete are numerous and include time management, physical and emotional fatigue, social life, and mental health challenges. These young athletes need to excel academically but they also must have good physical health.
Thus, the pressure is enormous, but recognizing these problems may help in searching for means of effectively supporting student-athletes.