Find your passion
After watching the video, ask yourself if the video has changed your definition of a "career" and your current career path.
In all, only one in 200 (about 0.5%) high school seniors playing interscholastic baseball will eventually be drafted by an MLB team -- ctbythenumbers.info
According to the NCAA, only .03%, .08%, .51%, and .10% of high school seniors go pro in men's basketball, football, baseball, and hockey respectively. So, on average, approximately 99.82% of high school athletes in these sports will end up doing something else. -- for the full data chart, visit http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC
Takeaway: Have a backup plan.
Assignment for student-athletes: What is your alternative career to becoming pro?
To learn more about sports-related careers outside of being a professional athlete, please visit http://teamworkonline.com/.
To learn more about a profession's environment, daily tasks and responsibilities, entry-level qualifications, and required skills please visit: http://www.onetonline.org/
If you would like to know more about your occupation's salary figures, market size, company headquarters, or reviews about the job, please visit: http://glassdoor.com
Take a look at the website above and the other career-related resources to figure out what else you could do besides become a professional athlete.
Future reflection
Imagine yourself 5 years from now. Where do you ideally want to be?
What sport? What location? Will you still be in school?
I have provided a sample reflection (below) of where I'm at right now (at age 21), most of you will be about 22 or 23 and just graduating college.
Write a letter explaining where you're professional career will be at. For most of you it will be just starting, and you'll either be a professional athlete or be looking for entry-level jobs. Others may still be in school obtaining secondary degrees.
Write a 1 page-paper or record your response. Please make sure it includes the following elements:
- What will you be doing? So, in school, working, traveling abroad?
- Where will you ideally be geographically?
- Stage of your career? Entry-level? If you started your own business, it could be the end point.
Reading materials:
http://glassdoor.com
http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC
http://monster.com/careers
Rubric is attached below
Testimonial: "Not too long ago, I was a high-school athlete running track and playing football. As far as I knew, these sports were my life. I would get up in the morning have workouts for either of the two sports depending on the season, go to class, and then practice after school. This was life for four years. Then, senior year rolled around and I didn't have a scholarship offer for either sport, so I had to decide a "real" career. I had no idea what I wanted to do or what to major in. I found the major that sounded like something I would be interested in "Sports Management" and went with it. Luckily for me, everything worked out, and I realized that I could get paid to cover sports with a media entity, market a team with a franchise, or change the rules of the game with a league or sports governing body." -- JT
Advice: Before you get to college, find your passion. Whether you become a professional athlete or not, you will need a career path because unfortunately, no one can be a pro sports player forever.
Be ready to discuss this in class: Research the NCAA's statistics of high school athletes that go pro at http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC and create an argument that supports or declines high school athletes attempting to go pro.
In all, only one in 200 (about 0.5%) high school seniors playing interscholastic baseball will eventually be drafted by an MLB team -- ctbythenumbers.info
According to the NCAA, only .03%, .08%, .51%, and .10% of high school seniors go pro in men's basketball, football, baseball, and hockey respectively. So, on average, approximately 99.82% of high school athletes in these sports will end up doing something else. -- for the full data chart, visit http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC
Takeaway: Have a backup plan.
Assignment for student-athletes: What is your alternative career to becoming pro?
To learn more about sports-related careers outside of being a professional athlete, please visit http://teamworkonline.com/.
To learn more about a profession's environment, daily tasks and responsibilities, entry-level qualifications, and required skills please visit: http://www.onetonline.org/
If you would like to know more about your occupation's salary figures, market size, company headquarters, or reviews about the job, please visit: http://glassdoor.com
Take a look at the website above and the other career-related resources to figure out what else you could do besides become a professional athlete.
Future reflection
Imagine yourself 5 years from now. Where do you ideally want to be?
What sport? What location? Will you still be in school?
I have provided a sample reflection (below) of where I'm at right now (at age 21), most of you will be about 22 or 23 and just graduating college.
Write a letter explaining where you're professional career will be at. For most of you it will be just starting, and you'll either be a professional athlete or be looking for entry-level jobs. Others may still be in school obtaining secondary degrees.
Write a 1 page-paper or record your response. Please make sure it includes the following elements:
- What will you be doing? So, in school, working, traveling abroad?
- Where will you ideally be geographically?
- Stage of your career? Entry-level? If you started your own business, it could be the end point.
Reading materials:
http://glassdoor.com
http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC
http://monster.com/careers
Rubric is attached below
Testimonial: "Not too long ago, I was a high-school athlete running track and playing football. As far as I knew, these sports were my life. I would get up in the morning have workouts for either of the two sports depending on the season, go to class, and then practice after school. This was life for four years. Then, senior year rolled around and I didn't have a scholarship offer for either sport, so I had to decide a "real" career. I had no idea what I wanted to do or what to major in. I found the major that sounded like something I would be interested in "Sports Management" and went with it. Luckily for me, everything worked out, and I realized that I could get paid to cover sports with a media entity, market a team with a franchise, or change the rules of the game with a league or sports governing body." -- JT
Advice: Before you get to college, find your passion. Whether you become a professional athlete or not, you will need a career path because unfortunately, no one can be a pro sports player forever.
Be ready to discuss this in class: Research the NCAA's statistics of high school athletes that go pro at http://bit.ly/1cqUQAC and create an argument that supports or declines high school athletes attempting to go pro.
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