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Dec 9, 2017

Career in Sports and Opportunities


Career in Sports and Opportunities

Career opportunities in the sports industry are not limited to those with athletic and non athletic.  There are many ranges of positions and post in the field for non-athletes too. These jobs  provides mental and physical health services, sales and marketing revenue, and sports media content. There many options in Government sector as well as Private sector for jobs.


A lot of work and physical fitness required to make career in sports. Any sportsman can make good career in Government as well as Private sector also. Even Sportsman can become entrepreneur also and make money. Anyone can make a career in any sports field depending on what sports you take up as your expertise. Various sports fields are Cricket, Badminton, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Boxing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Table Tennis, Wrestling, Cycling, etc.




Career in Sports

‘’Sports is one of the most reputed career options any of the country with many job opportunities Government and Private as well.’’

Sports are opened for many career opportunities for young talents in any Country. Becoming a sports person, one should having some talent in the interested sport is very important. Along with talent, Strong determination and dedication is needed because absence of these no can achieve anything in Life. For every sportsman, it is a desired or dreams to represent his/her nation at the international level. 

Candidates can start their career in school and college level and start play at the State level, Regional level and try to explore their opportunities at national and international levels. Other than actually being an active sportsman, then other career opportunity are sport marketing, coaching, athletic administration, sports medicine, sport promotion, sport psychology and more many.


Eligibility
The minimum educational qualification is a 10+2 pass with 50 % marks from well recognized Board of India. Deserving students are offered financial support in the form of scholarships and training in special institutions at the Government's expensive. There are many state level and national level associations and councils set up for the purpose of funding and nurturing sporting to the talented 
student in our Country.

Age
Interested student who want to make career in Sports, they start their career very early between age bandwidth of 5-19 years. As in sports there is no limit of age but you should aware early for it.



Courses & Organization
There is some diploma, undergraduate and post graduated courses are available for making career in sport.

Diploma -:
·         Diploma in Sports Medicine
·         Diploma in Sports Coaching
·         Diploma in Sports Management
·         Diploma in Sports Science & Nutrition

Undergraduate Courses -:
·         B.Sc in Physical Education, Health Education and Sports Sciences
·         Bachelor of Physical education
·         Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sports Management
·         B.Sc (Hons) in Sports Science
·         B.Sc in Sports and Recreation Management
·         Bachelor of Sports Management (BSM)
·         Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Sports Management

Postgraduate Course -:
·         Master of Physical education
·         M.Sc in Sports Coaching
·         Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine
·         Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management
·         Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Business
·         MBA in Sports Management
·         Master of Sports Management (MSM)
·         M.Sc in Sports Science

Doctoral Degree Courses -:
·         Ph.D in Physical Education
·         M.Phill in Physical Education
·         Ph.D in Sports Management

Organization of sports:
·         National Basketball Association
·         National Hockey League
·         National Football League
·         All India Tennis Association
·         National Institute of Sports
·         Indian Olympic Association


Top Colleges start career in Sport
There are some most reputed colleges in India where you can pursue your degree and make your career bright and give right path to it. There some lists of it as given below-:

·         National Institute of Sports, Patiala
·         Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, New Delhi
·         Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior
·         Lakshmibai National College for Physical Education, Thiruvananthapuram
·         Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur
·         National Cricket Academy, Bangalore
·         Delhi University and many more.


Required Skills
To make career in Sports industry student/candidate has to be fully energetic and fit for any sports. It requires lots of hard work and dedication in achieving to position in Sport career. There some quality of sportsman should have in order to make good career in sports -:

·         Physical Energy and Stamina
·         Energetic
·         Enthusiastic
·         Physically fit
·         Patience
·         Sporting Spirit


Types of Sports Jobs
In the college sports sector, choose from these athletic department jobs -:

·         Athletic Trainer
·         Coach – many different sports
·         Assistant Coach
·         Associate Athletic Director
·         Athletic Director
·         Physical Education Instructor
·         Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
·         Athletic Program Development Director
·         Sports Information Director


 Health and Fitness (Non athletes) -:

·         Athletic Trainer
·         Physical Therapist
·         Medical Assistant
·         Sports Medicine Aide
·         Physical Therapy Assistant
·         Sports Massage Therapist
·         Sports and Fitness Nutritionist
·         Strength and Conditioning Coach
·         Exercise Physiologist
·         Sports Physician
·         Sports Psychologist

Sports writing job or broadcasting career

·         Sportscaster
·         Sports News Reporter
·         Television Sports Producer
·         Radio Sports Producer
·         Internet Sports Producer
·         Sports Writer
·         Sports Photographer
·         Sports Talk Show Host
·         Sports Columnist
·         Sports Television Talent Director
·         Editor
·         Publisher

Sports jobs in schools (Government and Private Sector) -:

·         Physical Education (P.E.) Teacher
·         Coach
·         Assistant Coach


Professional sports teams (Athletes and Non Athletes) 

·         Coach
·         Strength and Conditioning Coach
·         Scout
·         Team President
·         General Manager
·         Business Manager
·         Director of Minor League Operations
·         Marketing Director
·         Promotion Director
·         Director of Community Relations
·         Ticket Operations Manager
·         Traveling Secretary
·         Executive Director
·         Stadium Manager
·         Sports Events Coordinator
·         Equipment Manager
·         Scoreboard Operator
·         Public Address Announcer


Salary
The salary of the sports persons totally depends on the sport game as well as experience that once have chosen. In the sports career, the number of years of experience does not matter but also the sports person capability to deliver excellent performance and talent consistently. Starting salary of the sports person is approx Rs. 3 Lac to Rs 5 Lac per year. When you become a star sportsman, you can earn in Crores per annum. The salary is also depends on your job profile and talent that you have.


Pros
·         Name and fame once you are start playing for the nation
·         Respect among peers and sporting fraternity
·         Good pay if you are working for a government organization under sports quota. If you become a star, you also get endorsements

Cons
·         No security
·         Continue working hard throughout your career
·         Very short career especially if you are playing sports like cricket, football or hockey

These are the all information about making career in sport industries. We hope you have got all information which you are trying searching for.



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