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Sports

Sports has become a hot career choice for many of the people out there. While
many go in with their inborn talents, credit can also be given to the sports-
related movies which inspire people to pursue an active career in it. All things
aside, sports help people to keep themselves healthy and happy, and the
secondary benefit of it is obviously fame and money. A lot of examples can be
chosen from India regarding sports' personalities - there's Sachin Tendulkar,
Abhinav Bindra, Sania Mirza, Sushil Kumar, and MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, among
others. If you are hell-bent on getting into Sports professionally, there are many
sports' institutions across India which will give you the proper education and
grooming. There are National Institute of Sports (Patiala), Indira Gandhi
Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (New Delhi) and also
Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (Gwalior), to name a few.
These organizations offer the students Diploma courses in sports medicine,
coaching, management and in many more associated fields. Moreover,
Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD courses related to Sports are also offered
at these institutes.

• Sports is becoming an attractive career option for those interested in pursuing their
passion
• Essential qualities for a sportsperson are patience, persistence and perseverance
• Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra, PV Sidhu and Saina Nehwal have been a
role model for a number of people
• Find out more about sports as a career at Sports Authority of India through
https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/

A person pursuing a profession in sports should have a certain set of
skills to be more successful in their career. These include physical energy and
stamina, energetic, enthusiastic, physically fit, patience as well as an efficient
sporting spirit. Dream of anyone in this profession is to make the nation proud
at the international level and win for the country. However, there are other
career options, too, if you are not exactly comfortable with being a proper
sportsperson. There's coaching, athletic, administration, medicine, promotion,
psychology, among others. For that, however, you will have to do thorough
research before plunging into the decision.
As for the monetary benefits, a sportsperson will get the decided salary
according to his choice of sports or game. However, to give an approximate
bracket, the salary of any sportsperson will range from Rs. 3 Lac to Rs. 5 Lac per
year. If you become a celebrity sportsperson, be assured that the salary will
increase, maybe more than double up. As for the other sports-related profession,
the salary will vary according to the profile of the work and designation.

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