Career in sports

Posted: Jun 10, 2010 |Comments: 0 | Views: 106 |

Future or career are the terms, which has been the top priority of every student. Whether it's today's time or ages back, to have a flourishing career have always been the aim of every human being. The journey from school to college in India is really tough and a student has to be very cautious while taking decisions related to his career. It is very important for the student to take an intelligent decision while choosing a career for himself, because these are the steps which attribute to the achievement of his success.

The career choices for students have always been overpowered by the dream careers of their parents. These options generally range from opting for courses in engineering, medicine, computer sciences, law, language, business management, etc. But these choices are hardly of the interest of the students, the direction in which they would want their life to move on. Careers in sports, music, and dance can merely be seen even as an option given by the parents to students. According to them career in sports is not worth and the children generally waste their time by attending the classes for sports education.

But today the times have changed and career in sports has started being considered as a very valuable profession, which has the capability to make a student reach his dream destination. One can find a number of students opting for career in sports, in their respective fields of interest. The sports fields like cricket, hockey, badminton, chess, has certainly gained importance in today's time. This is also because of the implementation of the concept of globalization in almost every field. The global acceptance of the Indian players has paved the route for other students for having a flourishing career in sports. To give a boost to the sports career, government has started many training institutes and sports colleges in India. These colleges provide training to students in the sports field of their choice. Some of the colleges for sports in India are:

v     BPCAS College of Physical Education, Mumbai

v     Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Delhi

v     Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar

v     University of Delhi

v     Dhyan Chandra Sports College, Lucknow

v     University of Madras, Tamil Nadu

v     Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

v     Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

v     Degree College of Physical Education, Gujarat

v     Rajasthan Mahila Physical Teachers Training Vidyalaya, Udaipur

Also, with the commencement of different games in India, the importance and acceptance of sports as a career has increased to a lot. The career growth and the financial status of a sports person is touching heights these days, due to which more number of students can be seen getting enrolled in the sports career. A student can opt for career in sports in any of the fields of his interest which can range from cricket to football, chess to carom, volleyball to football or hockey to table tennis. There are many professions which can be opted by the students, after doing graduation or post graduation courses in sports. Most of the students prefer doing graduation in physical education, to have good understanding about the sports field and how they can keep themselves fit and healthy. Following is a list of professions, which are generally opted by people, who do not actually practice the game on field or professional athletes:

v     Coaches for the professional players, college coaches, or volunteers

v     Instructors for martial arts, driving or swimming

v     Career in sports management or administration

v     Career in Sports journalism in any of the media forms, whether its print, radio or television

v     Career in sports medicine, such as, athletic therapist, sports physician, etc.

v     Sports photographer

v     Sports psychology consultant

Thus, one can surely hope for a positive growth and a prospering career in the sports field. Sports Colleges in India has come up with great facilities and infrastructure for imparting better education to its students, which again adds to the factor of growth for the Indian sports persons.

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