San Marin offers a vast number of sports to its students, yet there are even more not included. For the other sports, these students who compete outside of San Marin feel this difference between their school sports and outside athletics.
Within most travel club sports, athletes will travel with their teams to compete against other highly competitive teams all across the country. On the other hand, high school sports are an opening for students who may not be able to afford travel within club sports, are testing out a new sport, or play multiple sports. Although some people would say club sports are more time consuming, sophomore equestrian Madi Weddle would disagree.
“I have more time to relax with horseback riding, I don’t have that time with flag football,” Weddle said.
High school sports may give students an opportunity to expand their palettes to less common sports.Sophomore boxer and San Marin cheerleader Sophia Beltran believes that if boxing was offered at San Marin, it would help her and other students in many aspects.
“I feel like I would have more motivation [if San Marin offered boxing], since it’s outside of school I don’t really know the coach that well. [If the school offered it] it would give a bigger opportunity for more girls to join boxing, because there’s not that many girls in [the sport],” Beltran said.
Offering a sport in schools gives it exposure to students who otherwise might not have tried it if it was not offered. Working together and having similar ambitions can create connections outside of sports.
“When I cheered here, it gave me more motivation [to be a part of the team] because I had more friends in cheer,” Beltran said.
Whichever an athlete chooses, both are an opportunity to become more efficient in skills, communication, and management with their respective sport.
