General Information/Overview
-The cluster for professional athletes is Hospitality and tourism and the pathway is recreation amusement and attractions. Professional athletes play organized games to entertain sports fans. They play according to rules set by professional sports organizations. The most popular team sports are football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, and golf. Regular playing seasons vary from about five months for football to eight or nine months for other sports. The salary for professionals in Wisconsin is on average 45,830 a year 22.03 a hour. The National average salary is 43,740 or 21.03 an hour. The job outlook for 2010 is that their was 16,500 jobs and from then to 2020 the jobs are supposed to increase by 22% or in other words 3,600 more professional athletes will exist. The reason for this is because competition for professional athlete jobs will continue to be extremely intense, with progressively more favorable opportunities in lower levels of competition. In major sports, such as basketball and football, only about 1 in 5,000 high school athletes become professionals in these sports. The expansion of nontraditional sports may create some additional job opportunities. Most professional athletes' careers last only a few years because of debilitating injuries. Therefore, yearly replacement needs for these jobs is high, creating some job opportunities. However, the talented young men and women who dream of becoming sports superstars greatly outnumber the number of openings.
Some related occupations are Athletic trainer and coaches or referees.
Sources for more information
-http://library.thinkquest.org/3340/TOPSPO.HTM
-http://www.mymajors.com/careers-and-jobs/professional-athlete
Some related occupations are Athletic trainer and coaches or referees.
Sources for more information
-http://library.thinkquest.org/3340/TOPSPO.HTM
-http://www.mymajors.com/careers-and-jobs/professional-athlete
Education & training
-Some helpful courses that you could take in high school are Strength & conditioning 1 and 2, team sports, and cardiac fitness.
-Some helpful post high school education you could have is you could go to college and play on a sports team until your a senior. You would also need to take some educational classes to though.
-Some special requirements you need is you need a general license that clears you to practice and makes sure you don't have any health problems.
-Some beyond education activities you could do is you could play for a sports team now and also do anything athletic, making sure your in shape for the pros.
- You could also volunteer to help someone because colleges like seeing that you do those type of things.
-Some ways to advance in this career is that you can sign long term contracts with a team when your already in the pros, this can make you more money and more happy. If your not doing good as a player you could advance to a referee or an announcer.
-Some helpful post high school education you could have is you could go to college and play on a sports team until your a senior. You would also need to take some educational classes to though.
-Some special requirements you need is you need a general license that clears you to practice and makes sure you don't have any health problems.
-Some beyond education activities you could do is you could play for a sports team now and also do anything athletic, making sure your in shape for the pros.
- You could also volunteer to help someone because colleges like seeing that you do those type of things.
-Some ways to advance in this career is that you can sign long term contracts with a team when your already in the pros, this can make you more money and more happy. If your not doing good as a player you could advance to a referee or an announcer.
Nature of the work
-On a day to day basis players practice mostly every day of the week and they have scheduled practices and games. They talk to the media often and they don't practice when they have a game. They also have the days of the weekend off that they don't have a game and they have nights off.
- Athletes work more than 40 hours a week during their playing seasons. They often play in the evenings and on weekends. They travel frequently to play their opponents. Regular seasons vary from about five months for football to eight or nine months for other team sports. Serious injury is always a concern as it could end one's career as a professional athlete.
- Athletes work more than 40 hours a week during their playing seasons. They often play in the evenings and on weekends. They travel frequently to play their opponents. Regular seasons vary from about five months for football to eight or nine months for other team sports. Serious injury is always a concern as it could end one's career as a professional athlete.
Advantages/Disadvantages
+ make a lot of money
+ get fans
+ fame
+fortune.
+ stay in shape.
-health problems when your careers done such as memory problems and some of your joins wont work correctly.
- depending on your position your career could end very early and if that happens you could be out of work.
+ get fans
+ fame
+fortune.
+ stay in shape.
-health problems when your careers done such as memory problems and some of your joins wont work correctly.
- depending on your position your career could end very early and if that happens you could be out of work.
Opinion
I love this job and it is a job for me. I really would like to be a professional athlete and make a lot of money. I would also love to stay in the constant shape that is required to be a professional athlete It would also be very fun to have fame and fortune.