Do athletes really use their skills outside of the game? Athletes are known for being super compet­i­tive and hard work­ing, but can they really succeed in the world?

Accord­ing to IMG Acad­emy, “many success­ful employ­ees played sports as kids, and the char­ac­ter­is­tics that they bring to the work­place can partly be attrib­uted to their time as an athlete.” Students who have played sports have devel­oped an under­stand­ing of lead­er­ship. By play­ing sports, athletes take on lead­er­ship roles them­selves within their teams. By becom­ing lead­ers it builds confi­dence which is vital in the workplace.

Senior Addis Tafese believes that sports have helped him with many work­ing skills such as commu­ni­ca­tion and motivation.“I play soccer so you’re always lead­ing your team­mates where to go and when to get the ball,” said Tafese. 

Kids who partic­i­pate in sports teams learn commu­ni­ca­tion skills. Students learn to work together and that every­one on their team works hard towards the same goal. Having commu­ni­ca­tion, deter­mi­na­tion and lead­er­ship help build a good athlete .“A good athlete is some­one who never  gives up  and they do all the extra work like work­ing on their skills outside of prac­tice and going to the gym on their own and putting in all of the extra stuff ‚going above and beyond,” said senior Meghan Healy. These vari­ous skills that athletes have acquired through­out the years of play­ing sports have helped them create a better work­ing environment.