Sports coaching: a playing career

From Engineering and Photography as a career option today we have sports coaching as a career option.

Sports and competition had been an inseparable term since early days. Think of Olympics. Sports are serious leisure activities that can bring in an adrenaline rush in both- players and viewers. Sports and performance in sports make one self an achiever, and in the highest level, the nation proud. Be it any form of sports, every countryman would like its national teams or players to win. When players or teams make a podium finish, it spreads feeling of pride among everyone associated with the player. People of the world are crazy after sports and follow it like a religion. At times there had been unpleasant instances of clash among two opposing teams and there had been dirty fights claiming lives.

Every sport is played by a player or team. Everyone knows the soccer team of Brazil or Argentina or Barcelona or Real Madrid or Manchester United, play soccer well; Hockey team of Canada or India play hockey well; Baseball teams like New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox play baseball well; Vishwanathan Anand is world chess champion and Nadia Comaneci is the perfect 10 getter gymnast. The list will be endless about various sports, its team, players and name, fame and money it has brought to all.

Today sports events are a big business. There are big business houses pouring money in sports development, players, sports altogether to increase effectiveness of their brand and reach or create new markets. Indian Premier League is the best example. We are not going to discuss the pros or cons of it. What we will discuss is the opportunity that it opens up in front of us.

Every team or player likes to win and that requires training and techniques, which has to be an inch above the competitor. Here comes the role of the Sports coach. Sports coaches are responsible for getting sporting teams or individuals ready to compete, and even guide them through their event. Extra duties may include recruiting players, developing game strategies, and teaching the skills of the sport. Football coach Scolari was paid 5.5 million pounds as per new way back in 2008. That is a lot of money.

In our discussion about sports coaching we will evaluate every aspect of it to check it as a career option in forth coming blogposts. We will see what education and training is required, which are the best places of the world to undergo trainings, what are the expenses and what is the general earning potential.