Social Determinant Of Health In The Combat Sports Community

Every freshman in college has to adjust to being away from home, learning the college system and making new friends. However, for a college athlete it’s more than just learning to become a college student. As we read, for a college athlete, they are facing daily routines that include hours of practice and games that take a toll on the players emotionally and physically. Athletes have overwhelming demands on their time and talent that cause them isolation from the typical college social scene. It was discovered that being a college athlete meant that they had to relinquish some part of themselves, that personal independence that they had taken as a given of their social self (page 183).

Athletes struggle with all kinds of mental health disorders, but the following are the most popular: anxiety, depression, social, and body. These athletes are asked every single day to compete at the highest level and compete for their fans. However, the pressure builds up on athletes and causes them to fall apart. In today’s world, you are seeing more athletes stand up for mental

The poem “Slam, Dunk, & Hook,” has inspired me to take action in my town to raise awareness on the fact that we need more funding for sports. First of all, these are some benefits that come along with participating in a school sport or simply playing sports in your free time. Students who are active in sports, are more likely to have a positive body image and a satisfactory self-esteem. Another benefit is that physical activities are a marvelous way to relieve stress and reduce depression. “When Sonny Boy’s mama died he played nonstop all day, so hard our backboard splintered.”

Stressed out people block off their basic communication skills and become unreceptive to ideas, suggestions and even tender, loving care”(Sydney). Stress is unhealthy; the negative effect stress puts on the body can affect how an athlete’s perform. When athletes are performing at their peak it makes for a much more exciting game, which essentially would lead to colleges making more money. Athlete 's from any sport, at any level of play put their bodies on the line time after time. Too many colleges view the athlete 's body as an asset, a way for them to make more money.

(2021). The impact of social media on the mental health of student-athletes. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 14, 717–739. https://doi.org/10.30707/etd2021.20210719070603171210.92 Browning, B., & Sanderson, J. (2012). The positives and negatives of twitter: Exploring how student-athletes use Twitter and respond to critical tweets.

In the rat race of today, every one seems to only focus on winning. They forget the main goal of playing is to establish the concept of teamwork, sportsmanship, and collaboration with the fellow players. I believe that the truly alarming fact is the extent to which parents are in favour of these kinds of sports activities that they ignore the health issues their children will face. They put an enormous amount of pressure and expect nothing but the best from them. This causes a lot of mental health issue when little children fail to come up to the desired expectations.

The health risks of athletes mentally they are paid sufficiently. Athletes go through the same struggles all of us go through. Car payments, Relationships issues, Family issues. They also put added pressure on them to succeed, you are watching them for entertainment, but these are real people needing to feed their families. “Among professional athletes data shows that up to 35% of elite athletes suffer from a mental health crisis which may manifest as stress, eating disorders, burnout, or depression and anxiety.”

“The culture of college sports may inhibit some student-athletes from seeking help to address issues such as anxiety, depressive symptoms, burnout, the stress of team or individual expectations, and the everyday stress of dealing with relationships, academic demands, and life away from home” (McQuade, 2021). The demand on student-athletes is tremendous. The need to perform in front of hundreds of thousands of people in order to bring success to their school’s name does not allow much room for relaxation. These sports teams require many hours throughout the week to practice and prepare for games that will be nationally televised. This extra time commitment causes student athletes to lose study and social time.

Mental Health: An Issue Among Student-Athletes Stress has been an increasing issue regarding not only college students, but also student-athletes. Imagine the workload of any normal college student. Then imagine on top of academics, playing a sport which occupies the remaining available time within your day and weekend. This is the life of a student-athlete. Many student-athletes are able to handle the schedule and pressure that one faces in the collegiate environment, but some cannot.

Some people use sports to get away from stressful situations. In the article Pro/Con: Academic eligibility requirements, author Phillip Allen states, ” What if, hypothetically speaking, a student suffers from abuse at home and cannot focus in school? Sports may be one of the few constructive outlets for this student. But then again, how can they be expected to consistently maintain their grades in such a hostile circumstance?”(Allen 2). In a classroom, children sit all day and don't get exercise.

Children experience more harmful negative impacts, rather than beneficial positive ones, such as being at a constant risk of severe injury, wanting to opt out of sports early, and being under high levels of stress and anxiety. These impacts could lead to children being injured for an extended amount of time, children being inactive and unfit later in life, children dropping out of school, and many other catastrophic circumstances that children should not have to put up with. The opposing side suggests that children who participate in competitive sports experience positive impacts, such as staying healthy and in shape, and having positive psychological benefits. In some instances, these impacts may be true, however families with a child athlete opted for fast food, ready-made meals more than those of families who did not have a child athlete. Also, while competitive sports provide some psychological benefits, it has also been proven that they can cause stress, anxiety, and ultimately, attrition for the young athlete.

“In the U.S., about 30 million children and teens participate in some form of organized sports, and more than 3.5 million injuries each year” claims Stanford Children’s Health. It’s definitely true that competitive sports can cause all sorts of injuries from big to small. The media teaches people simply that sports leads to horrific injuries and can cause stress, but what the mainstream media hardly discusses are the great benefits of competitive sports. While there may be some negatives to competitive sports, that’s just life, and to add on to that; there are plenty of benefits which are sure to override to media’s facts. Kids should play competitive sports because competitive sports teach children powerful life lessons, contributes to their social and mental stability, and because of the physical gain competitive sports provides.

Nicola S. mentions in her article how participants “will hide it in order to feel ‘the same’ as their peers, but this unfortunately can lead to one of the leading causes of death; suicide” ( Source 4). I disagree because the benefits of participating in a sport outweighs the risks it can have. The risks of sports, from increasing suicidal thoughts to physical injuries, are very unlikely to actually occur. These type of situations only take place when people who do not know how to learn sports or don't help getting along with teammates are involved. Nicola states, “When you are physically active, your mind is distracted from daily stressors.

If society stops to understand the struggles these women have been facing for decades will have a clearer picture of what steps to take in order to make a change in the sports industry. Men need to put their masculinity aside and advocate giving women a voice. The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues women in the sport world have faced through history, wage gaps, current issues today, and to discuss findings and recommendations for future research. Title IX is a law that came into effect in 1972, this comprehensive federal law prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

Research confirms that sports can prevent children from falling into depression while also healing from their trauma. According to Dr. Molly Easterlin, “...kids who had participated in team sports were significantly less likely to receive a diagnosis of depression or anxiety and less likely to test positive for depressive symptoms” (Neilson 2). Based on this information, it might be concluded that sports are good for children because it lets kids stay happy and have a lower chance of slipping into depression. Unfortunately, in reality, it is more likely to further injure a child’s well-being by destroying their mental and physical health. If an athlete is constantly being hit in the head, they can develop serious illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s, CTE, and Parkinson’s disease-