Correlates of School Support and After School Activities to Academic Performance of the Tau Student Athletes SY 2018 - 2019

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose a sports development program for the university by determining how school support and after school activities affect the student-athlete performance of Tarlac Agricultural University. This study aims determine the importance of school support and school activities of the student-athletes of Tarlac Agricultural University. The study used descriptive-correlational research design to find relationships of the variables involved. The salient findings of the study are as follows: That there were more male student-athletes than female, most of the student-athletes involve in ballgames as sports discipline and most of the student-athletes were middle performers. On the school support, the student-athletes of the university has training and clothing allowance. But claimed that they have no monthly allowances, athletes’ insurance, and housing. It was also found out that most of the student-athletes were hooked up in social media platforms as their after school activities, rather than to work on their courses’ requirement, training for improvement and hanging out with friends. On the relationships, it was found out that there is a significant relationship between the after school activities of student-athletes to their academic performance. With regards to the after school activities of student-athletes and to their athletic performance, it was found out that these two were significantly related based on the data gathered. It was also found out that there is a significant relationship between the athletic performance of the student-athletes to their academic performance.