Between Entourage, Jerry Maguire, and a whole host of glamorous media portrayals of sports agents it’s no wonder that interest in the career has spiked. They’re often portrayed as macho, masterful negotiators, shouting into their cell phones while driving to their palatial home in a custom Mercedes; all this while rubbing elbows with star…
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5 Tips to Get a Job in Sports Management
It takes much more than star athletes to make a sports franchise successful. Behind every win on the field, there’s a team of skilled sports management professionals keeping the organization’s basic operations moving, coordinating game day events, promoting ticket sales, supporting athletes, and filling a wide variety of other critical roles. It’s no surprise that…
Using Sports Psychology to Become A Better Coach
Many times, coaching athletes involves looking at them from a sports psychology perspective. Enhancing even the best player’s physical performance is only part of the end goal. Coaches should strive to support their athletes mentally and emotionally, all while preparing themselves to deal with the psychological challenges of being a coach. Below, we’ve compiled a…
Engaging In Sports To Build A Resume
The world is in a far greater competitive space than it was a few decades ago. There is no better example of this than the cutthroat world of finding a job. Someone once said that life is a game — if that’s so, then all those who take on life like a sport will have…
From Athlete to Entrepreneur: 7 Tips
Starting a business is never an easy task. It takes a lot of intense planning, execution of your strategy and little bit of luck to create the kind of business that you can build your life around. We know that businesses fail at an exceedingly high mark, reported at anywhere from 50-90%. Due to this…
Discovering Your Career in Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is a great career for people who love to work with athletes, improve their performance, help them recover from an injury and prevent future injuries. The career path is ripe with future opportunity as well. This skill set is in demand by everyone from professional athletes to high school and college students to…
How Can You Kick-Start Your Sports Career with College Sports?
When it comes to a career in the sports industry, you can gain an immense competitive edge if you start early. You’ve probably heard that one of the best ways to gain an advantage towards a future in the industry is to take up college sports. Why? Let’s take a look. 5 Biggest Benefits of…
When Covering Sports is Not Just About Sports
It’s rather interesting; when championships are spoken of, a great deal of people are actually speaking of surrounding social affairs. The commentary centers upon commercials, foods, drinks, and places for getting our groove on. Sports now goes well beyond fans, sponsors, players, coaches and venues. Factually, we can very much have sports’ how and when…
How To Play Tennis Mentally
You need to learn how to play tennis mentally after you reach a certain level in this game. Everything is going to boil down to your mental game and you will always play up the imag you have of the match and your opponent. Many players know how to play the game, but very few…
Ivy Sports Symposium 2013 – My Experience
After a wet and chilly walk through Harvard Yard, I finally found Wasserstein Hall and the Ivy Sports Symposium. Thanks to winning a spot as a member of Sports Networker’s Sports Executives Association, I was able to attend the 8th annual Symposium, which was hosted by Harvard this year. It was this awesome Ivy League…
Five Obtainable High Paying Sports Jobs
Most people’s primary reason for wanting to get involved in the sports industry is passion (an adjective that Kristi Dosh says is the most overused cover letters and resumes) and of course money. If you want to make a substantial amount of money doing a job you love take a look at the following list of these…
Rising Stars In Sportsbiz In 2014
We asked you to tell us on Facebook who you thought was destined for greatness in the Business of Sports (Sportsbiz) heading into 2014. The responses we received varied from current students to young professionals currently working in sports. And, even though we know that this is not an exhaustive list, these are some of…