Sport Participation and Academic Performance in Young Elite Athletes.

ABSTRACT: Strong evidence supports physical activity and fitness levels being positively associated with cognitive performance and overall academic performance in youth. This also applies to sports participation. However, whether participation in sports at the elite level is associated with greater academic performance remains unknown. Thus, the present study aimed to compare the academic performance of young elite athletes to that of control students, as well as to analyze whether the type of sport mediates these results. Between 2010 and 2019, all students from the last Baccalaureate course of the Spanish Elite Sport High School-which also includes non-elite athletes and recreational athlete students, who were categorized as controls-participated in this study. Academic performance was assessed th

SUBMITTER: Pinto-Escalona T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9737165 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature