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.
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.
Keep up the great work, Hoshi! :applaud:
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.
Keep up the great work, Hoshi! :applaud:
