What do you envision when you hear the word 'student-athlete'? Law student and long-jump champion Kendall Spencer suspects that the average response to that question might not do student-athletes justice. Having been told, like many other athletes, to stick to what he's good at, Spencer...
What is mental toughness? "Mental toughness is the ability to respond well to doubts, worries, concerns and circumstances that make it more difficult to succeed, or excel at a task or towards an objective or a performance outcome that you set out to achieve." The term “mental toughness”...
Baseball has been one of the greatest American pastimes since it’s origins in Ohio in 1869. While the sport has taken hold of fans and athletes all over the world, there is nowhere better to play than in the good old U.S. of A. College...
Have you dreamed of going to university in the United States? Has your secondary school swim career been motivated by a swimming scholarship to a top college in the US? Leaving home for university is one of the most momentous occasions in a teen’s life,...
Anxiety, stress and the general feeling of being out of control is now commonplace among many of us as we remain unsure of what our new world will look like when we come out of social distancing. ...
Internationally, golf ranks high up there with many of the world’s leading sports. In fact, its popularity continues to rise....
At Study & Play USA we work with hundreds of students to assist them have the journey of a lifetime combining their sport and studies in the USA. We work together as a family to make sure the experience as amazing as it can be. We...
You may hear the term ‘student athlete’ thrown around when it comes to discussing USA Colleges and scholarships. Essentially – students who accepted into a US College to study and also represent a sporting team are known as a ‘student athletes’. Being the most diverse University...
This is a question you might be asking yourself as you start to look to the future, and what an exciting question it is! Yet, exciting as it is, it can also be a little daunting. You start to doubt leaving home? Or if you can...
Let’s face it, sometimes keeping all your grades up can be a challenge. From training, to attending class, to meeting friends, to grocery shopping – we are very busy people! Often, we find that school work can be pushed aside for many other activities. However, we...