
Personal Days Make Game Days Meaningful
....Maintaining good mental health can often feel impossible while balancing practice, school, work, family life and other social obligations. Finding time to take a step back doesn’t always fit into the schedule of a student-athlete, but mental health is integral to athletic performance..... ....And the little things can make or break an athlete’s emotional state. This is why freshman guard Dru Gylten believes it is essential to take a self-care day every now and then and step away from basketball. She enjoys dedicating some time to shopping, painting her nails or watching television, all mechanisms she feels alleviate stress..... ...more Bethany`s Notes: I believe personal days are essential to being a balanced student-athlete. Looking back at my college career I can`t help but be very thankful that our coach had us meet for practice only 3 days a week and this was at the DI level (and we were good--4th as a team at NCAA`s my sophomore year). Those practice days were hard and our coach demanded a lot but we were able to run on our own Tuesday and Thursday. I`m very confident this led me to a much more balanced student-athlete experience.
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Personal Days Make Game Days Meaningful

....Maintaining good mental health can often feel impossible while balancing practice, school, work, family life and other social obligations. Finding time to take a step back doesn’t always fit into the schedule of a student-athlete, but mental health is integral to athletic performance.....

....And the little things can make or break an athlete’s emotional state. This is why freshman guard Dru Gylten believes it is essential to take a self-care day every now and then and step away from basketball. She enjoys dedicating some time to shopping, painting her nails or watching television, all mechanisms she feels alleviate stress.....

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Bethany`s Notes: I believe personal days are essential to being a balanced student-athlete. Looking back at my college career I can`t help but be very thankful that our coach had us meet for practice only 3 days a week and this was at the DI level (and we were good--4th as a team at NCAA`s my sophomore year). Those practice days were hard and our coach demanded a lot but we were able to run on our own Tuesday and Thursday. I`m very confident this led me to a much more balanced student-athlete experience.

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