Developing a Career in Sports in the UK

In 2010 research was published showing that growth of the sports sector in England had outstripped the UK economy and that the number of people with sports related jobs had reached 441,000, nearly 1.8% of all employment in England. Sport and fitness covers a large sector of employment comprising professional, commercial and voluntary sports clubs, leisure centres, swimming pools, gyms and fitness clubs and Stadia. These are run by a variety of Local Authority services, Trusts, private operators and voluntary or community organisations.

The great news for people considering developing a career in this industry is that the workforce has a high proportion of young people working within it - some 24% are in the age range of 16-24.

Golden Decade of Sport
There's never been a better time to consider entering the sports industry. Over the next 10 years we have lots of big events happening in the UK which the government hopes will help establish sport and fitness as a much bigger part of our daily lives and encourage younger people to be more active. Here's a few examples of the main events happening over the next 10 years:

2010
Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales
World Lacrosse Championships, Manchester
Women's Rugby World Cup, London
ATP Tennis World Tour finals, The O2, London

2011
World Short-Track Speed Skating Champs, Sheffield
Football Champions' League final, Wembley, London
ATP Tennis World Tour finals, The O2, London

2012
Olympic & Paralympic Games, London

2013
Rugby League World Cup

2014
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow

2015
Rugby Union World Cup

2019
Cricket World Cup

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Super Bowl (2015 or 2017 rumoured)
Football World Cup 2018
Commonwealth Games 2018 (Cardiff, Sheffield or Liverpool).

What Can You Expect?
The average salary after training is between 20k and 35k in the sport and fitness industry. You can expect to have to work shift patterns and weekends in a lot of cases. Working in the industry can offer international opportunities as sport transcends boundaries typically there in other industries. The sports industry is expected to continue to grow at a much faster rate than the rest of the UK economy so domestic opportunities should increase.

Which Sector or Specialisation
There are far more opportunities in the leisure industry than in sports in roughly an 80/20 split. Everyone has heard of the big names in the industry but most clubs and organisations are actually quite small in terms of numbers of employees. This means that you can feel like you're contributing much more than with a small organisation but also that it may be harder to find work initially.

Planning Your Career
An absolute priority has to be to plan your career. Investigate what routes are open to you and think about what is realistic but challenging. You can change your plan as often as you like but you should always have a career plan.

Summary
There's never been a better time to develop a career in the sports industry. With some detailed research and career planning you should be able to carve out your ideal career with the very real possibilities of international travel and working for big brand names.

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ATP Tennis - Tsonga Gets the third ATP title of his career World Tour

The 23 years of French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who won the third ATP title of his career in the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, falling in one hour and 48 minutes without a conviction. Tsonga beat compatriot Jeremy Chardy in a good way to 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Both players have played at their best, but the experience of Tsonga in the crucial moments gave him an advantage to win the title. Tsonga won a total of 79,000 $ and its counterpart Chardy won second place with $ 41,500. ThisATP Tour final was the first for the 21-year-old world No.61 Jeremy Chardy.

During the match, Tsonga had a very good serve, so that a total of 16 aces Chardy whereas it has done its work, such as converting more than 11 aces. Tsonga took advantage of errors Chardy is cost, at the end of his sentences and the game. First in the set, both players were to successfully defend their servants, made up Tsonga, last Chardy serve to win the crowd.

He ran almost the same inthe second group, with incredible serves and two Frenchmen who defend her, but could this time none of them, and became a lead-containing tie-break, in which both players lost their first match of service and a strong fight . However, Tsonga with his experience and intelligence in games Chardy forced to win a service error of the tie-break 7-5 and win the set and the championship.

Before he finally moved into his first ATP semi-final defeated Jeremy Chardy, No 5 of the world andSeconds for the top seeds in the tournament, Spain's David Ferrer, who is a surprise to followers of result Ferrer. For its part, the Portuguese, Tsonga bt Frederico Gil 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals.

Tsonga has expressed that he was really excited about this victory and hopes to continue to improve for the future tournaments. According to him, always in the final before having more confidence and his game grows with time and experience.

"I did a good job this week and am enjoyingmoment. I am pleased to be a great success. I played a great game. I was very good and I think his inexperience was showing 5-4 in the first row when he missed some easy shots. But now he has some experience, and I hope that next time, "said Tsonga.

This is Tsonga third ATP World Tour title and his first solo exhibition in the 2009 season. His first two titles were won in Germany last year on the ATP World Tour of Bangkok, defeating Novak Djokovic andwere then at the ATP Masters Series in Paris, he beat David Nalbandian. Moreover, it is worth noting that the beginning of ATP-2009-the campaign has been incredible for Tsonga, who has earned three quarter-finals in Brisbane, Sydney and the Australian Open, except for the addition of ATP title. In this right moment, we want Best Tsonga, and we hope to see him more on his tennis and all his incredible talent points for tournaments below.