text: Firstly, participating in an extracurricular activity in school creates less time for a student to play a sport on a travel team. Some students are very dedicated to a sport on a travel team. Missing practice could negatively affect a student's performance in a game. In addition, coaches could think a player is slacking off if a player continuously misses practices. They may also believe that the player isn't interested in the sport, so they could kick him off the team.