Did you know that sports instructors’ earns somewhere from $17,000 to $66,000 a year? Experienced instructors who train professional athletes earn toward the top of the range and possibly more. A student who research the nature of a job, its working conditions, employment facts, the education and training requirements, along with the future job potential and earnings will be wiser and more knowledgeable when determining a career path. Becoming a sport instructor is an interesting career path because you get to teach your favorite sport(s) to little kids to professional athletes. You also get paid pretty good a year (Career Cruising).
First, of the major duties of a sports instructor depends on the sport you teach. Instructors are responsible for ensuring that the rules are followed by the participants, regardless of the level of competition. The working conditions depends on the sport you instructor. Soccer coaches and swimming instructors need indoor and outdoor facilities. The instructors that work outside have to take caution to the weather conditions. A part-time instructor only tech for 2 or 3 hours a week. Full time workers on the other hand work
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The education requirements for instructors depends on the sport, you definitely need a good background in the sport you want to teach. Many of the instructors have played their sports that they teach at competitive levels. You also may have to be required to have a college degree depending on where you want to work. Relevant areas of study include PE (physical education), exercise science, physiology, and kinesiology. Some public high schools often look for instructors before offering the job to an outsider. Many public school instructors have a bachelor’s degree and they are licensed to teach in their own state that they live in. This may not be the case for private high schools. It is just for public schools (Career