Student-athlete activities and time usage

The purpose of this study was to determine the specific activities of men and women student-athlete basketball players and how much time they spend in these activities. Six men's and six women's basketball teams (seven universities) from the Southeastern Conference participated in this study. The subjects, student-athlete basketball players, completed a time-use log and brief questionnaire based on the goals identified by several athletic administrators and Southeastern Conference officials. Each subject completed the survey once during pre-season basketball practice and once during the Southeastern Conference playing schedule. Comparisons of the pre-season and in-season data from the time-use survey were made by using means, standard deviations and percentages. It was concluded that the student-athlete basketball players who participated in this study spent more time in academics (average of 12 hours per 48 hour time period) than in athletic-related activities (average of 8 hours per 48 hour time period). During both surveys female basketball student-athletes spent more time in academics than the males, while the male basketball student-athletes spent more time than the females in athletics.