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From the field to the classroom. (using athletic training techniques to improve academic performance)
An analogy between the work ethic on the field and the work ethic in the classroom
As an academic advisor for student-athletes at a Division I school for the past 12 years, I have gained considerable insight into the way they prepare for their academic and athletic responsibilities, and I am convinced that there is a very distinct overlap in the way they can be motivated and prepared for both.
In short, the skills and methods used to excel in a sport are very similar to those used to excel in the classroom.
Every coach has learned that preparation is the key to success. They spend countless hours reviewing tapes with their players, and while some ...
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...didn't know much about work ethic and budgeting time and...eight ball, both in the classroom and football. And one...questioning of Sanders' work ethic has haunted the 6-foot...was a problem with his work ethic, Sanders contends...
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- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business August 27, 2007 700+ words
...for the failures: lack of a work ethic. Arkansas' economic developers have touted the state's "work ethic" in the past to mean non...But most of us learned a work ethic at home, not in a classroom. We were taught to expect...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 29, 2002 700+ words
...team.'' It is that drive to improve and her work ethic that has made Summers one of the top girls...United Samba club team. Summers carries that work ethic and desire into the classroom, where she has a 4.2 grade point average while...
- DULANEY SHOWS EPIC WORK ETHIC.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 23, 1999 700+ words
...success he's had is due to his unending work ethic. ``He works hard not only in games...studied hard and righted himself in the classroom. He is on schedule to graduate in May...be successful on the court and in the classroom and he's always striving to be the...
- WORK ETHIC PUTS TRICHE IN SPOTLIGHT; THE NOTTINGHAM SENIOR HAS SCORED IN DOUBLE...
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) January 5, 2002 700+ words
...graduating from Nottingham to further prepare for college, both in the classroom and on the court. Whatever happens, Smarrelli said one thing that stands out is the work ethic that Triche has exhibited. "Melvin is a great kid," Smarrelli said...
- Vallas Work Ethic Faces a New Test
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times FRAN SPIELMAN July 2, 1995 700+ words
...doing on the job." Paul Vallas, 42, said he learned his work ethic from his father, Gust, who still puts in 10-hour days...Education. "I learned the importance of having a manageable classroom that's small enough so you can give kids the individualized...
- DIXIE'S HICKS BOASTS STRONG WORK ETHIC.(Special Section)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) Wilson, Denise June 9, 2005 700+ words
...s just kind of the person he is." Hicks' work ethic is obvious in the classroom: He maintained a grade point average of 4...adult," she said. When Hicks is not in the classroom, he focuses on a variety of extra curricular...
- Ethnic work ethic
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Tony Mooney November 28, 1996 700+ words
...peer pressure count keeps coming. The latest is Beyond the Classroom by Laurence Steinberg, which summarises a 10-year study...standards. It is the family and peer group that promote the work ethic, and these overpower the influence of the school. They pass...
