Sports Performance Sports or athletic coaches teach and inspire players to produce winners and winning teams. They must be able to analyze the performance of their players and to fit players into positions where they can contribute the most to their teams. Head coaches lead teams of athletes.
Trainers help athletes stay healthy and in competitive physical shape.
They design programs of health maintenance and advise athletes on how to avoid or recover from injury. Biomechanists and Sports Performance Analysts use high-speed video cameras, computers and various types of measuring devices to evaluate the way an athlete moves. Product Design engineers are responsible for the manufacture of equipment. Fitness Physical Therapists work with people who have been injured or are disabled to test and measure the functions of various parts of the body, to relieve pain, and to restore function. Sports Medicine Specialists are medical doctors, nurses and technicians who specialize in treating sports-related injuries.