Ways in which people can be involved in sport.

A few of the ways you can be involved in sport:

As a player or performer

Media

Official

Coach, instructor or trainer

Leisure industry

PE Teacher

Sport medicine/science

Choreographer

Grounds men/women

Administrator/organiser

Player/Performer

• Players/performers can be semi professional (work and play), professional (just play) or just recreational (do it for fun e.g. as a hobby).

• The player/performer is the person/ persons that actually participate in the physical side of the sport.

• E.G. A swimmer

Media• The people who report on the sport• National newspapers (usually report on bigger

professional sports), local newspapers (usually report on more semi professional sports) Television (e.g. match of the day)

• This also involves camera men, commentators, editors, producers etc.

Official

• Professional, semi professional or volunteers.

• Need qualifications for most levels.

• E.G Referee, or pool official etc.

Coach, instructor or trainer

• The person who coaches the performer to perform correctly.

• An aerobics instructor, football coach or swimming trainer the list is endless.

• They can either be volunteers, semi professional or professional. At the top they can get paid an absolute fortune.

Leisure industry

• Pleasure sports: Sports that are carried out for pleasure in your leisure time e.g.

• Going to the gym• The swimming pool• Playing a leisurely round of golf etc.

The leisure industry can employ a wide range of people such as life guards, cleaners, receptionist etc.

People can be involved full time or part time. And depending on the job qualifications will be needed

PE TEACHERS

• PE/Sport Studies teachers have a large part to play in involving people in sport.

• They have to be qualified and trained as serious injuries can occur if lessons are not properly supervised, however they are able to introduce many people to sport.

• They can be full time or part time.,

Sport medicine/science

• Prescription drugs for sport injuries/enhancement• Sport physiologists – encourage positive mental attitude

of sports person to increase motivation and determination.

• Both need to be very well qualified as both are important jobs and often involved with top of the league teams.

• Highly paid jobs usually, and are again Full time or part time.

Choreographer

• Choreographers help choreograph dance movements/ gymnasts routines

• Help the sports person to move with the music correctly and in time with the movement.

• Qualifications are needed

• Can be full/part time.

Grounds man / women• Are very important they look after all the sports

grounds and make sure they are suitable to play on

• Can be quite a scientific and skilled job, as chemicals and other materials are required for some grounds to maintain them in excellent conditions.

• Can be part time, full time or voluntary

• Sometimes qualifications are needed for big, professional grounds however on local rural grounds such as village greens no qualifications are required.

Administrator/organiser

• The administrator/organiser of the event is also very important as they have to organise just about everything, the teams/sport people that are attending, the times of events/order of events, who’s officiating on the day, who’s going to give the prizes and so on…

• They have to be qualified in most cases unless they’re organising a low level of sport e.g. local Sunday game of football

• Full time, part time or voluntary.