Abstract: Sports programs have been an integral part of all schools. They support the academics of the school and therefore foster success in life. These programs are educational and helpful in producing productive citizenship. They help students experience and build skills, like interpersonal and time management, that may be beneficial in their future. Education may kindle the light of knowledge, but sports help to maintain the proper physique. Sports are also an important means of entertainment and use for energy after long hours of study. Students are full of energy, all of which cannot be spent in studies only. The extra energy can lead students to do wrong or unwanted activities which are harmful not only for the health but studies of students as well. This can be avoided through sports. They are the outlets of surplus energy. Students who play sports have their mind occupied and less likely to have their mind wander to wrongful things. A student learns that while playing, he has to play not for his own good but for the good and success of whole team. He or she is to keep in mind the success of his or her school. Sports help students lead a more corporate and mature life. Sports teach our students that the ups and downs are the inevitable aspects of life and should be taken in strides. Playing for a sports can help them experience hardships and allow them to face the trials, hardships and various rigors of daily life in the future. The very breath of sportsmanship is fair play. Sports are another name of honesty, integrity and loyalty for students. Thus a good sportsman can be the ideal citizen of the country. In a 2012 Brown Center report on American school performance the schools with top-ranked baseball, basketball and football teams were found to have better state achievement exam scores than those with less successful sports programs. Not surprisingly, public schools with both successful athletic teams and high academic achievement are found in areas with better financial resources: wealthy, suburban neighborhoods with predominantly white were non-Hispanic populations. According to the report, such advantaged schools are better able to integrate excellence at sports into a broader culture that encourages achievement. In order to measure the relationship of academics and sports performance of athletes in Nueva Ecija High School, 96 respondents from Junior High School who were players of Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Chess, Basketball, Lawn Tennis, and Boxing were considered as respondents. The descriptive method of research was used as the method of research. Findings revealed that all the profiles are not significantly related to academic performance except age. Age is negatively related to Academic performance. The negative value of r = -.283**means the younger the athlete, the higher is his/her academic performance. All the profiles are not significantly related to academic performance except awards received. Awards received is positively related to sports performance. The positive value of r=.298** means that those who received awards in sports have higher sports performance. Academic performance is significantly related to sports performance. The positive value means that the higher the academic performance of the respondent, the higher is his/her sports performance.
Keywords: Academic Performance, Sports Performance Athletes.
Title: RELATIONSHIP OF ACADEMIC AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES IN NUEVA ECIJA HIGH SCHOOL
Author: PEDRO ANGELES ESGUERRA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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