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The Effects of Sports Participation on Academic

A Research Paper Submitted to the Faculty of:

In Partial Fulfillment for Practical Research I

Haji Regalado
Researcher
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CHAPTER 1

Background of the Study

Filipinos love sports, it’s a fact. In almost every barangay, there is a basketball court

where people play in the morning, late in the afternoon, and even in the wee hours. Physical

education classes also ensure that sports are part of a school’s curriculum to encourage students

to participate in different kinds of sports and to help those who want to be athletes in the future.

But passion and talent are not enough. For years, national athletes have been expressing their

sentiments (and disappointments) over the lack of financial support from the government—

funding that could help them train better and join tournaments outside and inside the country.

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The NASBE report (2004) states that “Engaging in daily practices in stills in the players

qualities of discipline, teamwork, physical fitness, and organization”. These skills and attributes

can enhance the student’s ability to find success in the classroom. Many children are coerced into

sports as children, by their parents, to get involved and find a passion or hobby in life. But

should parents be encouraging their children into a life full of sports or are the effects of sports

are too negative to keep pursuing? The effects of participating in sports as a youth on academic

performance is theoretically ambiguous. It has been argued that sports participation increases

student’s motivation and teaches self-discipline result in academic spillovers. Conversely, Sports

training may reduce the time available for studying, learning, and a free time for themselves.
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Statement of the Problem

This study examines whether participation in sports has a significant impact on academic

performance. The researcher was also interested in whether these correlations are positive and

negative in nature and to provide the strength of the correlation. To focus the research, the

following question was addressed:

1.1 What is your gender?

1.2 What Sport you are playing with?

2. How can you manage your time in training, to your study, and to yourself?

3. Do Sports training affect your studies? If yes, how does it affect your

studies?
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Significance of the Study

The study between the relationship of sport participation and academic performance can be a
learning paradigm in the secondary level to enhance the student’s knowledge about the said
topic. This study will be useful in the following:

To Students. This study will help the student-athlete to have self-awareness because when you

commit to both academics and sports, you must realize its consequences to your academics and

health.

To Parents/Guardians. This study is important for parents/guardians so that they will become

aware to the possible conditions their child may get while studying and training in Sports.

To Teachers. This study is important for teachers so that they will become aware to the possible

conditions their students may get while studying and training in Sports.

To Future Researchers. This study can be a guide for the future researchers. They can take a

look on this study and borrow some ideas which can help their research become more effective.

Scope and Delimitations

This study aims to know the effects of Sports participation on academic performance and
become aware to the possible effects that the students may get. In terms of its study there are
limitations that must be considered, the reason is to maintain the order of the study in this regard.
The respondents were Grade 10 student-athletes of Dasmariñas Integrated Highschool.
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CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literature and Studies

This study was focus on whether there is significant relationship between Sports participation
and Academic performance. Most of the researchers said that Sports really has a link on
academic performance. Issues and deliberations concerning sports participation and academic
achievement have been heard for decades. Sports enthusiasts were claiming that participation in
any sports help the student-athletes to have " a sound mind and a sound body " individual.
However, some people in the academe believed that sports participation hindered students'
ability to excel in their academic courses because most of their times were allotted into sports
commitments such as training and competitions than studying alone. Some critics further
believed that there was no possibility that the student-athletes achieve excellence in sports as
well as in academics at the same time (Montecalbo-Ignacio et al., 2017).

Benefits of Sports

Sports and athletics are generally recognized as beneficial for our youth. In fact, most children
participate in some form of athletic activity whether they know it or not. Even if they are unable
to join a league, many skills are taught and learned through physical education and even recess.
The benefits of sport include strategic thinking, communication, quick action, the ability to deal
with adversity, developing social skills, among many other skills that are important both in the
academic and working world (Esbrandt, 2019).

Negative Effects

According to Hartman (2008), focusing on athletics becomes “a time and energy drain for
student-athletes, or that an over emphasis on sport might distract attention and concern from the
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core academic curriculum and educational mission of the school”. Hartmann reviewed many of
the expert reports on the relationship between athletic participation and educational achievement,
even among the experts there is disagreement about the benefits of athletic participation when it
comes to educational achievement. These authors found that students who highly valued sports
in the 10th grade lost a substantial amount of connection with the school if they were no longer
involved in sports by the 12th grade. This loss of affirmation can lead students to lose the
motivation needed to continue to do their best in school, which will lead to a decrease in
academic performance (Eccles, Barber, Stone & Hunt, 2003).

Theoretical Scheme/Paradigm

Sports
Participation

Increase interest in school. Lack of time for

Improve Fail
Academic Academic
Performance Performance
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Hypothesis

H0: Sports Participation has a negative effect on Academic Performance.

H1: Sports Participation has a positive effect on Academic Performance.

H2: Sports Participation doesn’t affect Academic Performance.

Definition of Terms

Sports: a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific
set of rules and compete against each other.

Athlete:  a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical
strength, agility, or stamina.

Academic performance is the measurement of student achievement across

Student is primarily a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution and who is
under learning with goals of acquiring knowledge, developing professions, and achieving
employment at desired field. 
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CHAPTER 3

Research Design

This Quantitative type of Research utilize a Correlation design to measure the strength of the
relationship of the said variables. This type of design helps researchers to establish a relationship
between two closely connected variables.

Data Gathering Procedure, Instruments used, and Data Processing Techniques

The data collection approach employed was a survey containing a series of questions that was
delivered to a group of student-athletes and asked to fill it out with their desired answers to the
questions. This study will use a survey to determine the effects of sports participation on
students' academic performance.

Statistical Treatment Applied

To determine if there’s a significant relationship between the sports participation and academic
performance, Bivariate (Pearson) Correlation will be utilized to determine the strength of the
relationship of the two variables.
Pearson’s correlation coefficient is the test statistics that measures the statistical relationship, or
association, between two continuous variables. It is known as the best method of measuring the
association between variables of interest because it is based on the method of covariance. It will
be a suitable statistical treatment for finding the significant relationship and the effects of sports
participation on academic performance.