What happens when a person stops organized sports in college?

[Anonymous]

OP, highly driven people often just switch to something else. Maybe it will be academics!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly suggest she finds a new exercise routine. It can be different than what she did, but to keep it up. I stopped my freshman year of college than suffered through an awful two week long insomnia. It took the school psychologist asking me about my life before and what had changed to figure out I hadn’t exercised in two weeks. Intramural can be great but having that everyday, especially if that’s what you’re used to, is so important. I took up running and aerobics after years of basketball and field hockey. It was great.

Good points! A lot of us took on running. I tried out my college free fitness facilities way too late in my college career. If someone told me that I'd have to pay a lot for far worse facilities after graduation, maybe I would have tried them out earlier.

Club, intermural, new sports that might not have been offered, like crew or ultimate frisbee, dance and fitness classes, running, swimming.

Or the freshman 15!

[Anonymous]

I pursued other interests and was a normal college kid. It was amazing.

I got very involved in my college radio station.

[Anonymous]

Intramural or club sports
Regular schedule at the college athletic center with friends
Running

[Anonymous]

I also got involved in other things - student government, student orientation leader, student activities board - and I also had a job and internship. Still plenty of time for fun college kid stuff! Funny enough, I still naturally made friends with a lot of athletes so I was still surrounded by "teams" and went to all their games.

[Anonymous]

They get fat? Because they are used to eating for an athlete’s needs snd now, no longer they burn that extra calorie…

[Anonymous]

My daughter played on her school’s team for her sport all through MS and HS. She wasn’t good enough to be recruited and we didn’t want her to go that route anyway. She found plenty to do. She became an exercise instructor at school as her job. She played her sport for the club team. She worked really hard at all her classes and joined a couple of clubs. It was a hard and weird year, but I think she had the best year she could.

[Anonymous]

Intramurals, club teams, casual pick-up games and personal fitness for most folks.

I got a part time job at the university fitness center right away as a lifeguard and we had a certain number of hours a week we had to exercise and at least part of it had to be swimming. I worked out for fun and did intramural sports too.

[Anonymous]

My college had a sport requirement for graduating. I played my sport at the JV level freshman year and then quit. But they needed more players my sophomore year so asked if I’d come back. (I didn’t go to try outs.) I did and wished I hadn’t. After that I took fly-fishing, snow-shoeing; yoga; played soccer for the first time in years; skied with friends etc. I went to college in the mountains, so got out hiking whenever I could. I did meet a close friend through my sport but was otherwise fine being done. I also double majored, eventually served as President of my senior year dorm, and spent a lot of time with friends including my boyfriend who I eventually married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Playing a varsity sport in college is like working full time and then being a student. Kid should pick up other things - club sports, other types of clubs, student paper, student gov, etc. etc. etc. Or a part time job.

That’s just not true, at least at DIII schools. I was a 4 year varsity athlete, had a work study job, got As, and hung out with friends. I didn’t party or go out, though, and partying takes up a lot of time. My sport made me very happy throughout high school and college (still does).

[Anonymous]

I played field hockey and ran track in high school, not good enough in either to play in college (especially not at my D-1 school). But I loved both. So I played club field hockey all 4 years and ran on my own or with friends. Also played intramural floor hockey in the winter.

[Anonymous]

I was a very serious year-round soccer player (multiple State and National titles). I also ran track.

I seriously enjoyed giving it up. It did instill a need to exercise almost daily which I happily did with dorm friends at the college gym: workout classes, etc. I also took up running and marathon running, weight lifting post -college.

I’m 51 now and do spin, peloton, run, lift, solidcore, cross-fit—-you name it. 5-6 days per week.

I credit my youth in athletics to making me feel like an hour of daily exercise is a need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a very serious year-round soccer player (multiple State and National titles). I also ran track.

I seriously enjoyed giving it up. It did instill a need to exercise almost daily which I happily did with dorm friends at the college gym: workout classes, etc. I also took up running and marathon running, weight lifting post -college.

I’m 51 now and do spin, peloton, run, lift, solidcore, cross-fit—-you name it. 5-6 days per week.

I credit my youth in athletics to making me feel like an hour of daily exercise is a need.

Oh and I partied and studied hard too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, highly driven people often just switch to something else. Maybe it will be academics!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Intramurals.

This. Or they use the rec center. Those that don't get the freshman 15.