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NAYSI News FYI:
Wednesday July 30, 2002

Number 443 ~    © 2002 NAYSI

In This Issue . . .

  • Ask Jack: I am trying to get info . . .

  • Education means more money in your pocket

  • KIDbits

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Ask Jack: Hi! I am trying to get info about careers in sports/rec youth consulting. I have a PE Teaching degree and a lot of experience. What do you need for entry level positions in the field? Will your classes help me attain employment? Please respond. Thank You, D.F. on 6/5/2002

 Jack sez: The classes I offer on line may give you a different perspective on youth sport. They should help you become a more effective teacher and coach. Enough of the commercial.

On becoming a consultant, it is not at all like selling a musical talent. It is quite a bit more complex and far more narrow in your target market.

You must have expertise in some knowledge area, people who recognize your expertise, and people who are willing to pay for your expert service. It actually starts with the latter fact. There must be people or organizations who are willing to pay for your services. Ask those in your field of expertise what is needed. Then, fill the void.

Sports stars and business leaders have fame, recognition and expertise by virtue of their high profile status. You must create that for yourself by your words, professional contacts and deeds.

Your experiences in physical education and recreation can work for you. Consider how your can re-package your knowledge into curriculum material for teachers, coaches or administrators.

For instance, you may have a novel way to teach certain activities. That is good. All teachers have in-service days. Start attending the conference circuit. Offer to do free and inexpensive workshops to build up your resume. Submit material for programs. Finally, learn everything you can about your subject. Become an expert. Then, as you move to the top, remember the people on whose shoulders you climbed.

Education Means More Money
In Your Pocket

NAYSI News FYI by Jack Hutslar
www.NAYSI.com
July 30, 2002

Several years ago my spouse read a report which revealed that people can save $400,000 over their lifetime by driving a car for ten years before swapping it out for another car. As we move through life, it eventually strikes most of us that money matters. Some pick up on this sooner than others.

I have been asked countless times about the benefits of playing sports. For the most part, we tend to think of those values in non-monetary terms. They include enjoyment (i.e., fun), fitness, improved resistance to illness, and improved physical mobility.

An overlooked benefit of sport participation is related to upward mobility. Coaches and teachers who recognize raw talent (i.e., potential) tend to push those who possess it toward higher levels of play. This applies to a number of other fields including writing, music, art and dance.

In sports, recreation and physical education, youth leaders tend to encourage their talented youngsters to work hard so that they can move up to the next higher level of play. Youth league players are pointed toward middle school and high school sports. High school players are pointed toward two year and four year colleges and the talented college players are primed for professional sports.

The same holds true to varying degrees for the individual sports like bowling, golf, gymnastics, ice skating, running, skiing, skiing, swimming, and tennis. However, most professional athletes still go through college doors.

Inherent in this developmental process is an educational foundation. Playing middle school, high school and college sports is based on satisfactory classroom performance. That is, players are required to do well in school while continuing to develop their sports skills.

A Census Bureau report, based on 1999 data, revealed that people with college undergraduate degrees can expect to earn $2.1 over their lifetime. This is over twice that of students who do not graduate from high school. Here are a few other numbers from the census bureau to support the idea that education means dollars.

Lifetime earning potential, ages 25 to 64

Less than $1.0 million for those who do not complete high school
$1.2 million for high school graduates
$1.5 million for students with some college work
$1.6 million for those with associate degrees
$2.1 million for those with bachelor degrees
$2.5 million for those with masters degrees
$3.4 million for those with doctoral degrees
$4.4 million for those with professional degrees

Playing sports offers additional incentives for youngsters. Inherent in the sporting life is the boost that the better players get from their mentors to do well and move on up to higher levels of play. Moving up the ladder educationally at the same time has monetary rewards, regardless of where players eventually top out. That monetary benefit is an added incentive that should be explained in simple terms to those students who are on the fence.

KIDbits 

  • 20 per cent of adults are obese, up from 12 percent 10 years ago (in 2000)

  • 30 per cent for African-American adults are obese

  • 23 per cent for Hispanic adults are obese

  • 13 per cent of children are overweight or obese, doubling from 30 years ago

  • 20 per cent of African-American and Hispanic children are overweight

  • 10X increase in children with diabetes in last five years

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Make it fun . . . Jack Hutslar

North American Youth Sport Institute

This email is a free informational service provided by the North American Youth Sport Institute and sponsored in part by Dinn Brothers Trophies at www.DINNtrophy.com or telephone at 800 628-9657 and www.scratchers.com, a fundraising company.

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Regards,
Jack Hutslar, Ph.D. [founder and CEO]
North American Youth Sport Institute . . . est 1979
4985 Oak Garden Drive
Kernersville, North Carolina 27284, USA
336 784-4926, 336 784-5546 [fax], Jack@NAYSI.com

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