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Key to Athletic Success: Goals
Author:
JobsInSports.com 
Goals are
an important part of an athletic career. They can be useful
for several reasons: 1. Goals
counter boredom. By continually aiming for something just
out
of reach, you can keep your day-to-day routine challenging.
Studies
have suggested that the best way to be "in the zone" is
to be involved in a task that is neither so routine as to be
boring nor so challenging as to be frustrating.2. Goals
can motivate you. They keep you from taking the easy way
out.
They encourage you to train a little harder, to push a little
more--not because it's comfortable to do so, but because you
look
forward to the results.. ..........Read
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What
Are You Trying to Accomplish as an Athlete?
Author: JobsInSports.com
To map
out an athletic career, you need to decide what you want
to
achieve and why. Maybe
you love sports so much that you'd be satisfied with just
enough income to cover training expenses. Maybe
you want to become rich and famous and you think sports will
get you there.Maybe you've created a new sport and want to
promote it.Different
athletes have different goals. Some have
very ambitious ones. They want to be the best in the
world and set records.. ..........Read
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Commitment
and Handling Pressure in Sports
Author: JobsInSports.com
A sports
career will require that you give it time and resources.
To
be successful, you will have to make choices and compromises.
You may
miss social activities with family and friends; you might
have to
postpone certain educational and career plans; you may have
leave home
to train and compete. The
results of a survey of athletes representing the United States
at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics gives a good portrait of life
at the top level of sports:.............Read
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Training
Environments
Author: JobsInSports.com
Next to finding
the right coach, finding the right place to train is
one of the most important considerations for an athlete. Without
the
right facilities and/or the right atmosphere, an athlete's
career can
come to a standstill or at least not progress as fast as it
should. Part
of the problem is mental: if athletes don't feel comfortable
where they live and train, they're not going to perform at
their best............Read
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What
Is Sponsorship?
Author: JobsInSports.com
Sponsorship
is money given to an athlete to underwrite training and
living expenses. Being sponsored is the way many full-time
athletes
survive in sports that don't pay salaries or offer serious
prize
money.The term
sponsorship is a broad one which covers a range of financial
arrangements:..........Read
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Sports
Promotion
Author: JobsInSports.com
One
of the easiest ways to break into the sports business is
to become
a promoter. The concept is fairly simple: 1. Come up with an
idea that you think fans will pay to watch. 2. Find athletes willing to participate
in the event. 3. Find a place to stage the event. 4. Publicize the event. 5.
Sell tickets and put the event on..............Read
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Sports
as Entertainment
Author: JobsInSports.com
Most
successful sports promoters have learned one very important
lesson: sports equals entertainment. Sports
events, concerts, CDs, ski trips, cable television, and movies
all compete for the same entertainment dollars. You've got to give
your fans a good time to capture their money. "Selling sports solely on
the win-loss column is very risky. More teams are destined to lose than win.
My philosophy has been to sell a night of entertainment. I can control the
quality of the concessions, the cleanliness of the arena or stadium and the
total ambiance." (1) So said Pat Williams, then the general manager and
now senior vice president of the Orlando Magic basketball team...............Read
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