{"id":65,"date":"2017-10-09T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/journalism208\/?p=65"},"modified":"2017-10-09T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:24:23","slug":"article-2-w-3-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/journalism208\/2017\/10\/09\/article-2-w-3-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Article #2 w\/ 3 Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student, peer, and family attendance of sporting events has been drastically declining over the past five years and does not seem to be changing anytime soon. Audience members have been showing up to fewer games and tournaments and leaving earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Players on teams get thrills out of audience cheers. They perform their best when they have people to support them, whether it be their families or friends.<\/p>\n

Football, basketball, and volleyball are considered \u201cmainstream\u201d sports that have a larger attendance than most. Tessa Renze, a freshman swimmer at Morningside College, said that swimming is less attended than many sports, and usually attended only by family.<\/p>\n

When asked what having audience members cheer for her felt like she responded, \u201chaving them there is the best feeling. They\u2019re supporting me. They know I can do this\u201d and they are what push her.<\/p>\n

Haley Mathes, a third-year bowler at Morningside College, agreed with Renze. She said that having personal support \u201cmakes me feel like I need to try more.\u201d Not to impress, but to make people proud.<\/p>\n

Cassy Huiras, a freshman bowler at Morningside College, had a different outlook saying that support \u201cdoes make a difference but it isn\u2019t always positive,\u201d especially when spectators don\u2019t understand the rules. Even with this outlook, she still believes that audience attendance pushes her to excel.<\/p>\n

Renze also said that audience support helps \u201crelease a competitive side\u201d of her swimming spirit. But these sports, bowling and swimming, are one of many competitive sports offered by colleges that don\u2019t receive attendance.<\/p>\n

Without consistent audiences, these athletes have had to learn that \u201cthe audience doesn\u2019t necessarily make the player,\u201d as said by Renze, but that it does boost their morale.<\/p>\n

Huiras said that \u201cgetting and having people there pushes me harder to perform my best,\u201d but getting the audience is the difficult part.<\/p>\n

Relaying accomplishments only goes so far. Spectators can live the moment with the player, both at the competition and after. It creates a bond and an impact. It allows players, such as Mathes, to \u201cshowcase my talents for the people that know me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audiences, though they are leaving earlier and supporting less, change the way players perform.<\/p>\n

Without an audience, a player has to find an inner reason to perform to their best ability. With an audience, a player performs for themselves and for those watching.<\/span><\/p>\n

An audience is an integral part of sports performance for college athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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