All,
I'm building a "business case" to start a high school swim team at my daughters' charter high school. The school is very academically oriented (which I love) and has not had sports programs. However, I've got initial support from some teachers and parts of the administration to explore this. Being a lifelong swimmer, I know how valuable sports can be, but I need some external validation of this (school was founded by two, PhD economists).
I'd love any input on the following:
Does there exist academic research (or even strong case studies) that demonstrates the value of high school swimming relative to:
academic performance
college admission
Can anyone point me to a list (or lists) of the kinds of academic + athletic award programs that exist for high school swimmers that can then be further used to bolster their admission opportunities to top tier universities?
Thanks for any help.
Parents
Former Member
As a current student-athlete in high school, Swimming made me crunch down and budget my time accordingly in order to finish everything I have to do after practice. It really instilled time-management skills within me which has helped me keep up my 4.0 even through the swim season.
As a current student-athlete in high school, Swimming made me crunch down and budget my time accordingly in order to finish everything I have to do after practice. It really instilled time-management skills within me which has helped me keep up my 4.0 even through the swim season.
