Sixth Observation...

My fifth observation consisted of observing the home life of three Nova soccer players; they would prefer to remain anonymous. I spent Thursday afternoon just observing the lifestyle of the soccer players and how their lives differ from other students. I will say they kept their apartment cleaner than I expected. The shoes were lined up at the door and the video games were placed neatly on their shelves, however the dirty laundry didn’t seem to make it into hampers. It’s obvious they are health conscious when I opened the refrigerator and only found water, milk, Gatorade, meats and cheese, and some leftovers from dinner the night before.
When I had arrived at their apartment it was about 2:30pm and the boys had just returned from the gym. First they grabbed some drinks and then two of them headed to the couch to play video games. The third roommate had some studying to get done for his test the next day. After about 45 minutes of video games the boys decided it was time to get something to eat and shower because they had an evening class. They finished up their sandwiches and took turns showering before rushing out the door to make it to class by 6 o’clock.
The boys seem to have their lifestyle down to a science and are able to maintain their class schedules and sports schedules with little to no problems. This is their off season which allows them to have the extra free time for video games and just hanging around, but they assured me it does get hectic during the season.

Observation Five...

For my fifth observation I went to the gym in the UC on Thursday afternoon. I chose to go
to the gym again to see if there were any changes from my first visit. This time the gym
didn’t seem as crowded with athletes. I asked around to see why this was, it turns out
there was a baseball game that day. Also, the basketball team has just wrapped up their
season so they don’t have mandatory training. There were still some athletes at the gym
from off season sports that were just working out to stay in shape for their season.
Since the gym was kind of quiet I decided to look at the baseball team’s record. They
had a very busy yet successful week, with games Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and each
game they were able to check off a win! When I saw a few baseball players I congratulated
them on the win and asked them how they were going to celebrate. They all responded by
saying they just wanted some rest. Hopefully, they’ll get the well deserved rest they
need before they continue on to the rest of their season.