How Athletics Has Influenced My Career Goals

The amount of education required for becoming an Athletic Trainer is four years. The student must take health, human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and biomechanics courses in college (Campus Explorer). Programs that provide formal instruction cute injury and illness prevention, first aid and emergency care, assessment of injury and illness, human anatomy and physiology, therapeutic modalities, and nutrition (Athletic Training Association). In order to get a job in colleges or universities, a masters or doctoral degree is necessary. A bachelor’s degree is usually the basic requirement, but more than 70% of Athletic Trainers further their education and get more advanced degrees. Students must be educated in both the classroom and in clinical settings (Campus Explorer). Athletic Trainers must receive a

Ever since I was a child, I enjoyed watching and doing athletic activities. I played softball throughout middle school but stopped once I got to high school. I realized that even though I didn’t want to play as much anymore, I still wanted to be involved with athletics. I began managing my high schools girls and eventually boys’ basketball team. By doing so led me to the career I want to partake in for the rest of my life. I want to become an Athletic Trainer. What motivate me to become an Athletic Trainer are the different aspects of the job. I also have a lot of friends and family members who are athletes and I love the different personalities that come with the athletes. I am also motivated to this career, because I want to be able to prevent athletes’ injuries, assist, and aid the athletes’ to enhance their performance so that they can continue to do what they love and to overall get stronger.

I have chosen to study athletic training because it allows me to still participate and be involved in sports as well as be able to help athletes recover from injuries while gaining valuable clinical experience for physical therapy. Growing up I have always had a love for sports but I have not been graced with the abilities to become a professional athlete. With my love for sports as a youth I watched a lot on television with my father and I would see athletes get injured and medical personnel rush out to their aid. When I found out they were athletic trainers and physical therapists, I knew that is what I wanted to do when I grew up. All throughout high school I was involved in sports and unfortunately had an injury or two. Although our school did not have an athletic trainer, I went to many different specialists and

With basketball completely out of the equation, my quintessential career path would be to become some sort of counselor. Before jumping to conclusions assuming a counselor is someone who just sits back with a pen and notepad all day giving the occasional “how does that make you feel”, a lot of things need to be taken into consideration about how much time, and effort and strenuous work is required to pursue this career path. A counselor (depending on what field) is typically someone who uses therapeutic techniques to help patients strengthen existing qualities and skills used in everyday life. Ideally I would like to become a school counselor to begin coping with the minds of the youth, then hopefully move on from there. In order to do so

Participation in sport alone has not been enough for me. A degree in Sport and Exercise Science is the obvious option to satisfy my fascination with how the human body functions, a deep-rooted passion which has only been amplified by my own exploits as an athlete.

I would like to pursue my career after high school to become an Athletic Trainer. The reason I want to become a trainer is to stay near the sports field because I wanted to be a professional athlete but I noticed that wasn’t going to work because I never had the time to stay in sports. I love playing and watching sports, I prefer helping with basketball players and track and field athletes but wherever I can pursue the career , I’m fine with it.

For as long as I can remember, my profession of choice has been an occupation in the healthcare field. My dad often reminisces on when I was three when he would ask me “What’s your name?” I would reply with “Dr. Peppers.” Well sixteen years later my dream of being a doctor no longer exists, however my goal to become one of the best athletic trainers in the country is burning with passion. Growing up I wanted to be several different occupations like a trauma nurse, an obstetrician, or a physical therapist, before realizing after two years of high school sports medicine that athletic training was my niche. In coming to better comprehend athletic training as a career, my experiences in my classes and clinical here at Winthrop along with my high school experience in sports medicine has shaped my understanding of the athletic training world.

Why I chose this career? I chose this career because if I don’t make it to the NFL I still want to be able to stay close to the field. It seems like it is one of the top jobs next to being on the field because coaching seems a little too stressing for me. While reading about the athletic training job I learned that there will always be a spot where I can go to get a job as one. Once going through the whole thing I do believe that I’d still want to do this job.

Participating in athletics influenced my career goals because finally realizing that I love sports and want to be involved with sports when I graduate so that way there always apart of my life when I get older. Playing football my senior year made me realize that I was going to miss it, that made me want to do something that would involve sports like being a coach or even an athletic trainer. Also participating in athletics influenced my career goals by working with teammates, like in football. Because football is that sport where all 11 people on the field have to go 110% and never give up and helps you communicate with your teammates either on

My interest in Athletic Training was kindled while listening Dr. Vince Diller in his Introduction to Athletic Training class. While listening to his experience as an AT and how challenging an AT’s job can be I was not only impressed with Athletic Training profession but also saw it as exciting, challenging, and meaningful career. By the end of his Introduction to Athletic Training fall course I switched my major from Exercise Science to Athletic Training. A primary reason for pursuing Athletic Training is close interaction with athletes. To be an athlete’s friend, and mentor over an extended time will impact their life.

To be an athletic trainer you have to take many classes and participate in many programs. One of the requirements is to take a health class, which I have taken my eighth grade year and I will also be taking one but the end of my senior year. Another requirement is to take a biology class, which I have taken both my ninth and tenth grade year here at Claysburg-Kimmel. I also took chemistry my eleventh grade year. I have taken many math courses like algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, and trigonometry. Now I am currently taking an anatomy class and pre-calculus. Also some colleges say that it’s a good idea that a student play some sort of sport, which I also plan on doing by the end of my senior year.

I can confidently say that my involvement in athletics and activities at Seminary High School has had a tremendous, positive effect on my life and my success in school. Whether it was on the court or in practice my experiences in these athletic programs have benefitted me in many different aspects of my life such as physical fitness, social relationships, and academics.

I decided to pursue Kinesiology as my major because I am very much interested in helping people of all ages reach their fitness goals, give them knowledge on how to live a healthy life and to help them understand that healthy eating and exercise needs to be a part of their lifestyle. Since I was six years old I have always played sports. I was forced into playing as a kid due to the fact that my parents and some of my cousins are former athletes. I began to develop a passion for sports that has continued to this day. Life was difficult when I was younger. I was overweight and there was an unfortunate reaction of the other students who made a mockery of my weight. Nevertheless, I was still surprisingly athletic. I would spend nights upset due to the fact that I was bigger than all of my friends and would constantly ask my dad how to lose weight and get muscles. Granted, I was around 10 years old at the time so there are not many exercises that you can do at this age besides push-ups, sit-ups and running laps around the track.

While most people are given the opportunity to develop some type of talent through sports starting at a very young age I was never given this choice being that my parents weren't really the 'kid type' back in the day. Nevertheless unlike most, I feel a strong accomplishment through my job. Most

The career I have chosen is to be a sports commentator. I’m not certain if that is what I have a passion to do, but it has been a thought. Why I chose this is because I already enjoy to discuss sports.Also,when I see the commentators on television it gives the impression that they are having enjoying themselves just discussing a topic that they take an interest in and are accustomed to.What interests me is that it appears that they are not working considering people already do what they do, just not on that level.I believe I will be successful because I know sports well and can discuss them briefly.One experience is I was watching Inside The NBA on TNT with the commentators Charles Barkley, Shaq, and Kenny”The Jet” Smith.