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[quote=Anonymous]It's taught my son how to prioritize and have excellent time management skills.  Those are the two key things I see among the kids on his team who excel both athletically and academically.

We hired a life coach who specialized in student athletes to help him once he reached 7th grade and the workload for school increased.  He taught him to set a schedule and adhere to it to have the most success and least stress in both areas.  The coach worked with him for 6 weeks and the changes we saw were well worth the money.  Before, my son would come home and relax after school and before practice, which left him trying to cram in dinner + a shower + homework between 8-10.

Now, he has 30 minutes once he gets home from school to relax and eat a small dinner before he starts his homework.  He has practice from 6-7:30 3 nights/week and does work with a personal strength & conditioning coach 1 morning/week from 6-7 AM.  The first thing he does when he gets home from practice is eat because he's always starving, and then he heads off to shower.  After that, he works on homework for 45 mins. and takes a 15 min. break.  This repeats until he goes to bed at around 11.  Many nights he's in bed before then.  Having block scheduling helps because he has that extra day to study and complete assignments.

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