Managing Sports and Clubs

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hi everyone, so I have been wondering how people manage to do sports and clubs at the same time. It’s not that I don’t have time to do both, but it’s the schedule conflict for club meetings and sport practices which are required everyday.

I am currently in tennis for fall season sport and we are required to do do practices everyday but I am also interested in joining clubs such as debate and academic decathlon, but I can’t skip practices or not go to meetings. I am also in NHS and key club but I am not required to go to meetings for those, so I can stay in those 2 clubs(I don’t really do anything other than volunteer for community service sometimes), but I really want to do debate and/or academic decathlon too.

My goal is to get into a top school in California so I’m assuming that I will need to be an officer for the clubs too, but that’s not possible while doing tennis because people are not gonna pick an officer that can’t even go to most of the meetings, I’ve thought of quitting tennis but I really don’t want to because I worke so hard to be better at it, so what should I do?

I am a sophomore this year btw it that helps and I am managing my time well while taking 2 AP classes so time is not a big deal. Also, I am not looking for getting into ivy leagues.

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This is one of those times when you have to make a choice of one or the other. Since the schedule conflicts, there is no way you can do your sport at the same time that the clubs meet. This is a reality of life, whether you are in high school or later in life. There is only so much of you to go around. You have to make a choice based on the activity that you prefer. And sadly, once you make that choice you have to let go of the other activity that you want to do, or plan to do it at a later time when it might fit into your schedule.

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Bump and so is it better to be officers of a club or being in a sport team? Because many people told me that being in a sport team is valued as a better extra curricular.

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This is a time in your life where you get to be on a tennis team. Enjoy it!
See if you can join those other clubs after the fall season is over.

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Choose what will make you happiest, honestly. If you truly enjoy your ECs that will show in your app.