FAQs

Athlete Development focuses on sports-specific learning from the perspective of developing personal athletic potential.

An Athlete is a person who is involved in any sport, especially athletics, or track and field events.

Professionals who study the rules, techniques and other technical aspects of a game. They work with children, high school, college and adult or professional athletes.

A personal trainer is an individual certified to have a varying degree of knowledge of general fitness involved in exercise prescription and instruction.

A sportsperson is geared towards achieving as much success as possible within a particular sport or event. A great deal of talent is required in order to maintain a full-time career. Sportspeople compete at varying levels, from amateur, to semi-professional and professional.

The primary responsibility of an athletic director is to oversee all aspects of the athletic programs that are sponsored by a school or an institution. This includes the hiring of staff and coaches, ordering equipment for teams, promoting events, matches, and meets.

Sports equipment managers are responsible for maintaining, ordering, and inventorying athletic equipment and apparel. They deal with everything from fitting football shoulder pads to sharpening hockey skates to doing the team’s laundry.

The Event Coordinator oversees all aspects of event planning and management, including internal and external events. Responsibilities for the Event Coordinator include meeting with clients to work out event details, plan with the client, scout and book locations, food, entertainment, staff and cleanup.

A facilities manager is a job role that is responsible for making sure that buildings and their services meet the needs of the people that work in them. Facilities managers are accountable for services such as cleaning, security and parking, to make sure the surrounding environment is in a suitable condition to work.

Fitness managers are responsible for seeing that the administration and organization of a fitness club goes smoothly, from scheduling personal trainers to keeping up with and demonstrating continuing education.

A sports agent is a legal representative for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches. They procure and negotiate employment and endorsement contracts for the athlete or coach whom they represent.

Athletic scouts work for sports teams as talent evaluators. They watch athletes perform at the high school, college and professional levels to determine the talent, potential and style of the players.

Sports managers handle the basic organization and scheduling of their clients. Both individual athletes and entire organizations hire sports managers to see that everything off the field goes smoothly.