Just like the fall sports, winter sports also have to come to an end at some point. These different sports that are offered during the winter season include: unified bocce, basketball, wrestling, track and field, bowling, and cheerleading. While all of these sports are so different in nature, athletes usually still feel similar things when ending that sport, whether it be sadness, excitement, or a mix of both.
One of the winter track athletes, Lydia Fultz says, “In my opinion, I would say I’m ready for winter track to be coming to an end,” this is because she feels winter track is more a way of getting into shape for spring track. She also does not like the 200 meter track used, nor the dry air in the buildings since she prefers running outside when it is cold. The meets are farther away and go for a very long time during the day, and there is not a lot of practice time throughout the week, so she would much rather have four to five days a week of practice. Although she enjoys the concept of another track season, it would be more her style if there was more running involved for practices and if the meets were closer.
An athlete who participated in basketball, Brielle Cox, says she is excited for basketball to end because then she has free time after school rather than attending games or practices, but there is also the stipulation that she has nothing to look forward to other than school work. “I am looking forward to doing some open gyms for basketball and field hockey, but I am also trying to get a job for the spring season,” Brielle states since she has decided not to do spring track like she had done last year in her freshman year.
Even though athletics are something that students can enjoy after school hours, it can be a bit draining sometimes when school work and performance are both stressed about. Taking some seasons off is perfectly fine for a student’s health in more ways than one, and it is never required to play in a sport. A word of advice from lots of coaches is that rest is just as important, if not more, than performance.
