SPORTS SPORTS SCIENCE AND RECREATION
Sports, Sports Science and Recreation
South Africans are passionate about sport, some might even call us sports-mad! The truly excellent are able to make a living from their chosen code professionally. But many others pursue their passion by following a career in a sports-related field. The good news for women is that professional opportunities have opened in many previously male-dominated areas.
Sports-related careers
- Sports Coach - tell them how it should be done!
- Sports Training - Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, fitness instructors.
- Sports Medicine - medical practitioners, physiotherapists, physical therapists, sports trainer.
- Exercise Physiologist - work in wellness, training, testing and research.
- Sports Dietician - mixing food and exercise!
- Education - teach others about sport, health and fitness.
- Sports Official - imagine a fair game without umpires or refs.
- Sport Psychologist - you have permission to exercise in the minds of others.
- Sport Journalist - watch it then write about it.
- Sports Photography - get up close and personal and have the photos to prove it.
- Administration - work as an assistant or manager of facilities.
- Sports Marketing - sell your passion for sport to other people.
- Sell Fitness Products - start a business helping others stay fit.
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