High-performance school learns to cope with COVID January 8, 2021
In a year marked by event cancellations, pandemic restrictions hindered competition plans for many high school athletes looking to obtain their diploma while also pursuing athletic ambitions in 2020.
With uncertainty as to when there will be a full return to play extending into this new year, coaching staff and students in the high-performance athlete program at Holy Cross Catholic Academy in Woodbridge, Ont., are staying ready for action.
Offered flexible school timetables, student athletes enrolled in the program are better able to balance academic demands with athletic commitments while also earning high school credits for work put into their training. Coordinators of the program, now in its third year, say that with group training restrictions still in place students have had to find other ways to ensure to progress towards their fitness goals.