Gabby Bustamante

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 7/8
17 May 2011

Mental And Physical Stress of

Student Athletes
 Thesis
Society’s obsession with winning and the emphasis on high levels of
performance results in mental and physical stress for student athletes.
The Stress of
Student
Athletes

(“Disappointment”)
(“Defeated soccer player…”)
(“85/365: In Soccer…”)
 Nature of Stress

(“235/365 Hair Pulling…”)

(“Untitled”)

Restless sleep
 (“Anxiety”)

Anxiety
A
N
G
E
R (“046 - Flickrstration”)
 F
A
T
I
G
U
(“07.07.10…”)
e
 frustration

(“frustration”)
 n
ssio
p re
de

(“Distant (#63457)”)
 Lack of
concentration

(“Incongruity”)
(“Mal di testa”)

Health problems
Emotional Disturbance

(“Agony”)
(“Abandoned Train – Albany…”)
“Once you get to high school, it
becomes all about pressure and
judgment.”

(“81.365-Why can’t…”)
(“7 DeAdLy SiNs”)
 defeat

vs
.

Victory (“Victory-Defeat”)
(“insecurity”)
(“5”)

to
(“7 plate 2”)
(“24/365”)
(“Game Over”)

Losing Teams
(“Day 232 – Participant”)

The Taste
Of
Success
(“Coach ‘Em Up”)
“She expressed a deep love for her
sport though in a number of ways she
felt trapped by it.”

(“self study twelve…”)

%
(“35”)
Burn (“Match”)
Survey Results

(“shh”)
Mo
t iv
a ti
on (“Soaring To The…”)
(“Huía”)

Mindset
%

(“5 Red”)
INTERVIEW

(“Interview”)
 (“RCS Round One…”)

The College Athlete

SEARCHING FOR FAME

(“Paparazzi crowd gathering”)

(“The roots of…”)
 “Jock” Schools
(“UA Student Section”)

(“UA Student Section”)

(“Chair”)
 c e
e n
if d
o n
C

(“air time”)
(“Happy & Sad”)
%
(“40”)
%

(“One day in…”)

(“workshop””)
(“flyers”)

Advertisements
 (Bustamante)

Presentation
 (Bustamante)

Actual Event
 (Bustamante)

Participants
(“procrastination”)
(“second thoughts”)
 (“angie”)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
 (“enough”)

Ignoring the Injury

(“Agony”)
De
cis
Ma ion
kin
g

(“When I Cry”)
Coach vs. Player

(“frog huddle”)
N
O
V
A
C
a
R
e (“PT 002”)
(“Ow”)
 My
First
Day
(“first day of…”)
(“road trip, baby!”)

Sitting, Waiting,
(“17 Un apretón…”)
(“Notes”)
Impact of Injuries

(“365:2010/07/30 - digits iv”)

(“Ice packed”)
(“Pilates classes help…”)

Back in the game.

 Becoming
comfortable.

(“Marie”)
(“photo remix: Yoga”)
(“A Brand New...”)

Too soon?
(“Happy Girl Hopscotch”)
 T
H
F
O
I
U
N
G
A
H
L
T
(“Personal Trainer”)
S
(“Penny VI”)
 How
To
Recover
(Heckers, Frank)
 (“Day 303: My…”)

Finding Identity
 Balancing
Act

(” wobbly. very very…”)

 ts B
Ju R
E
A
T
H
(“breathe”)
E
(“do your own…”)

Relax
 WORTH
THE
RISK
(“14er Portrait”)
(“soccer practice”)
CLASS
ACTIVIT
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