Football Workouts And Band Practices - 1651 Words

Football workouts! Choir practice! and band practices are a lot to handle for a student athlete. It is 6am football training starts in 45minutes. As Latrell Arrington gets out off bed he stops for a moment say a prayer, and gets ready for his long day ahead. He knew the day would consist of him running from place to place, but he is prepared. His motto â€Å"Nothing comes to sleeper but a dream.† Throughout his collegiate experience he juggled multiple activities without a complaint in sight. â€Å"As hard as it may have seen, being a part of all three organizations was somewhat of an easy task. While the band and choir director understood that football was the most time consuming, they were able to work some type of plan out for me that allowed†¦show more content†¦The adaption was one that was not hard because I was used to it; I did it high school. Honestly a college life that would’ve been easy would’ve been a life I didn’t want. As far as all three going on at the same time, I found it easy to manage. I knew I had football every day at a certain time, choir on a certain two days before football, and band on the other two days. Time management was key. Being a student-athlete requires a lot from practicing long hours to maintaining grades to keep scholarships. The hard work, which it takes to be a student- athlete, is second to none. The mere fact juggling one sport takes a toll, and one can only imagine balancing multiple sports would be harder. There are only 12 hours in a day, and sometimes task that need to done become undone. In Arrington case with all the extracurricular activities going on something was going to fall by the waste side, and it was his grades. Honestly my grades took a hit once I started playing football. During the transition of me getting back into football I became more lackadaisical to my school, and what was important. I remember after that semester was done I rejoiced because I didn’t have to deal that transition again. At the beginning I actually dropped a class putting me at the minimum 12 hours. Truth be told, I almost FA in a class during this time as well. It was a hard time and it didn’t stop there I never again throughout the rest