There are several downsides to the snow, and the student-athletes at Garden City have plenty of experience from it. Many of the student-athletes in Garden City have been inconvenienced by the weather as it greatly affects practice routines. Soccer, track and field, golf, baseball and softball athletes are challenged with the task of practicing indoors. The situations each sport must encounter are the most off-putting.
For instance, soccer must be practiced on gymnasium floors which is an inadequate practicing surface considering soccer is competed on either turf or actual grass.
As for golf, hitting balls on artificial grass is not nearly as similar to real grass in that golfers are not able to strike the ball and divot properly. Golf courses also require it to be above forty degrees to allow golfers on the course without any course damage.
In addition to those two sports, track and field is also largely affected by insufficient practice. Like soccer, track athletes are challenged with the unfamiliar surfaces. Runners experience the struggle to run as they would on a track with specific dimensions and traction. Athletes in other events are restricted from their usual regions of the Broncbuster stadium.
The softball and baseball fields are covered in snow, which explains the hardships encountered. With the fields covered, all players are limited to hitting practices, with little room to practice other softball and baseball-related skills.
Undeniably indoor practice allows athletes to drill in certain focused techniques. There is only a given amount of time outside of class hours that these student-athletes have to do so. The lack of nice weather and accommodation for all the sports mentioned just adds to the list of difficulties around time and area management. These issues mentioned are just a few considerations of all sports. All aspects are just about enough to affect any athlete of any level of determination and effort.
Although the student-athletes at Garden City Community College are still given the privilege to practice somewhere it is not necessarily the easiest task at hand. Nevertheless, given the circumstances, coaches and their athletes remain appreciative through these tough times and adapt to the access of an indoor practicing space, even if it is less than ideal.
