Between Entourage, Jerry Maguire, and a whole host of glamorous media portrayals of sports agents it’s no wonder that interest in the career has spiked. They’re often portrayed as macho, masterful negotiators, shouting into their cell phones while driving to their palatial home in a custom Mercedes; all this while rubbing elbows with star…
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5 Tips to Get a Job in Sports Management
It takes much more than star athletes to make a sports franchise successful. Behind every win on the field, there’s a team of skilled sports management professionals keeping the organization’s basic operations moving, coordinating game day events, promoting ticket sales, supporting athletes, and filling a wide variety of other critical roles. It’s no surprise that…
Using Sports Psychology to Become A Better Coach
Many times, coaching athletes involves looking at them from a sports psychology perspective. Enhancing even the best player’s physical performance is only part of the end goal. Coaches should strive to support their athletes mentally and emotionally, all while preparing themselves to deal with the psychological challenges of being a coach. Below, we’ve compiled a…
Kathryn Smith becomes a role model for women
My weekends often erupt in loud conversations around the television as my buddies and I argue about sports. Typically the conversations will surround our teams, who got “jobbed,” rooting interests, and who is better among our favorite athletes. One of our recent debates started during the NFC Championship Game. It started with friends on either…
5 Odd Jobs for Sports Nuts
Sports nuts aren’t like your average person — they’re not even like your average sports enthusiast. They Love — with an implied capital L — sports of all kinds, and they’re devoted to watching and attending games with religious fervor. They know where all the players on last year’s NBA championship team went to college…
Engaging In Sports To Build A Resume
The world is in a far greater competitive space than it was a few decades ago. There is no better example of this than the cutthroat world of finding a job. Someone once said that life is a game — if that’s so, then all those who take on life like a sport will have…
How To Make The Most Of A Sports Massage Course
Sports massage therapy shows magnificent potential as a lucrative career. It allows people the flexibility to work for a large organization or venture into business with his or her own clinic. It also provides people the chance to travel while working, with jet-setting clients or patients from different countries. All in all, working as a…
Discovering Your Career in Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is a great career for people who love to work with athletes, improve their performance, help them recover from an injury and prevent future injuries. The career path is ripe with future opportunity as well. This skill set is in demand by everyone from professional athletes to high school and college students to…
Poker Fanatic? Here Are The Dream Jobs For You
For many individuals, particularly under the age of 25, earning a career as a professional poker player seems incredibly appealing. For players with the ideal set of skills, a successful professional poker career typically doesn’t come with the boredom of a 9-to-5 existence — a lifestyle that many of us can only dream of. And…
When Covering Sports is Not Just About Sports
It’s rather interesting; when championships are spoken of, a great deal of people are actually speaking of surrounding social affairs. The commentary centers upon commercials, foods, drinks, and places for getting our groove on. Sports now goes well beyond fans, sponsors, players, coaches and venues. Factually, we can very much have sports’ how and when…
How To Play Tennis Mentally
You need to learn how to play tennis mentally after you reach a certain level in this game. Everything is going to boil down to your mental game and you will always play up the imag you have of the match and your opponent. Many players know how to play the game, but very few…
Five Obtainable High Paying Sports Jobs
Most people’s primary reason for wanting to get involved in the sports industry is passion (an adjective that Kristi Dosh says is the most overused cover letters and resumes) and of course money. If you want to make a substantial amount of money doing a job you love take a look at the following list of these…