1. To know about the various Career Opportunity in sports.
2. To know about the Institutes of Physical Education.
3. To know how one can build career in Sports.

Sports are broadly classified into indoor and outdoor sports. Various sports played in India are Chess, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Carom, Badminton, Billiards, Squash, Bowling, Swimming, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Cricket, Hokey, Football, Handball, Running, Golf, High Jump, Long Jump, Kabaddi, Boxing, Basketball, Wrestling, Skating, and Javelin Throw etc. Playing sports in day to day life keeps us physically fit and healthy.

Various Sports Academies, Sports Colleges and Sports Universities promote sports in our country. It includes (1).Bombay College of Physical Education, Pune. (2). Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Thiruvananthapuram. (3). Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences,   New Delhi. (4). Bombay Physical Culture Association's College of Physical education, Mumbai, (5) Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Gwalior. (6). National Institute of Sports, Punjab Etc. The courses offered by these institutions are Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, B. P. Ed., M. P. Ed., M. Phil and Ph. D in Physical Education. Degree and experience both are required to find career in any field. These institutions provide degrees and certificates required in interested field of the sportsman.
In order to promote sports at school level Government of India is opening sports school in our country. Central Government is going to open large number of sport schools in our country. Students aged from 8 to 12 years have to appear for Physical Aptitude Test which will be conducted by the school to qualify for the admission. These schools will deliver the training facility to the students in the sport events in which they are interested. Students who are participating in sports events can also pursue side by side their academic education. Funds for these schools will be granted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs. Ministry of youth affairs will start the selection of sporting talent programme all over the country. The total budget of Ministry of Youth Affairs for the year 2024-25 is 3442 Crore. The largest share of budget was allocated to Khelo India at 900 Crore. Khelo India youth games were held for 26 sporting disciplines in 275 competitive events. Over 5600 athletes participated in the Khelo India Youth Games 2024.

Some of the famous names who won medals for India are Dhyan Chand (Magician of Hockey), Milkha Singh (Running), Deepa Malik (Shot Put), Sachin Tendulkar (Cricket), M.S. Dhoni (Cricket), Virat Kohli (Cricket),  Mary Kom (Boxing), Saina Nehwal (Badminton), Abhinav Bindra (Shooting), Sania Mirza (LawnTennis), Geeta Phogat (Wrestler), P.V. Sindhu (Badminton), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Viswanathan Anand (Chess), Sakshi Malik (Wrestler), Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati (Lawn Tennis),  Sunil Chhetri (Football),  Pankaj Advani  (Billiards) and many more. These sportsman brings medals for the India in different sporting events and lift India’s name as sporting country.

The Khelo India programme has been launched in the year 2018 by the ministry of youth affairs and sports, government of India to build the sports infrastructure in India at the base level so that India will participate in National and International Olympics at a broad level and improve India rank in the medal tally. Ministry is planning to provide top level facility to the students of all streams and best coaches from all over the world. The objective is to find the best talent of the country and refine them so that they can compete with top performing nations in Olympics. The games in which the will compete  are Football, Archery, Handball, Judo, Karate, Badminton, Chess, Basketball, Cycling, Boxing, Kabbadi, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Athletics, Gymnastics, Hockey, Kho-Kho, Teekwondo, Tennis, Weightlifting, Volleyball and Wrestling.

These are national level multidisciplinary games which are organized for two categories viz. under-17 school students and under-21 college students. The initiative taken by the ministry will boost the confidence of the students to participate in different sporting events. Also on the basis of performance in all the disciplines, the concerned committees select the most talented 1000 players and provide them the financial aid. Under this programme a committee will screen the best performing players in their respective fields from all over the country. A grant of Rs. 5 lakhs for 8 year will be provided to the selected players. The primary step is to register on Khelo India and create a profile on the portal nsrs.kheloindia.gov.in by following the step by step process of registration.

There are various events played at National and International level. It includes Indian Premier League, Pro Kabbadi League, Hockey India League, Pro Wrestling League, Indian Badminton League, 20-20 World Cup, Davis Cup, Cricket Test Matches, One-Day International,Summer Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Paralympics Games, Winter Olympics, Youth Olympic Games, Cricket World Cup, Football World Cup, Asian Athletics Championship, South Asian Games and ICC Champions Trophy etc. League matches give chance to the players to demonstrate their performance to the selectors and find a place in the International events.

One has to take admission in authorized training centre so that they can give their trails at the time of team selection and also to take part in competitive sport event take place in their academy, city or district. Sportsman should enhance their skills and expertise in their game. Player has to participate at school level, inter school level, district and zone level and improve his or her ranking. Sports provide various career opportunities in different fields. It is a source of earning to a variety of people.

Cricket is very famous game and played by almost every school going child in India. Kuldeep Yadav playing cricket from Rovers Club Kanpur, selected in Indian cricket team is a pride of Kanpur. It gives motivation to all those kids playing cricket in their day to day life and has a dream to select in Indian cricket team. Cricket is played in variety of formats and 20-20 is one of them. It gives immense opportunities to our young players to show their talent and get the chance of selection in Indian Cricket team. Bidding of players for 20-20 matches is in Crore and it gives handsome amount of money to the players. Besides monetary benefits it gives them popularity at the National level. Selection from small towns and villages gives an opportunity to open private sports clubs in small towns and districts and become source of earnings to the club owners. Due to increasing culture of urbanization spaces for playing sports are reducing day by day. The increasing fame and recognition of sports players at National and International level motivate parents to send their kids to the specialized trainers to train them. In our country matches are played at the school level, inter school level, district level, inter district level, state level and interstate level. Both private as well as government colleges appoint sports teachers and professors to train their students. Some of the students select sport as one of their subject. Due to this demand of coaches and trainers are increasing. Sometimes it is the basic necessity at the time of taking admission in reputed Sports College; student should be specialized in one sport. Builder and apartment makers now a day’s also providing fitness centre facility, yoga trainers and other sports activities to their apartment customers. Every school requires specialized sport trainer and coaches to train their children’s.  Some schools provide one day in a weak as sports day. Parents also like these types of schools. Some of the National players started their franchise in sports coaching and training. It gives two way benefits. It will become source of earnings to the franchise distributor and on the other side students can learn sports from the famous player and their representatives. Famous names at my hometown are Dhoni cricket academy and Jwala Gutta badminton academy. National Stadiums provides training in variety of sports. They are cricket, badminton, volleyball, handball, table tennis, kabbadi, shooting etc. This requires qualified talented persons to provide training to the enrolled students. At the time of sports training, it is necessary to fix the diet of the players so that they become fit and should have adequate weight also. So, for this purpose a dietician is appointed to monitor the adequate and nutritious diet to the players. Some of the famous player who retires from the sport gets the chance of selection in National level organization and State level organization at different levels. Sourav Ganguly who is the former captain of Indian cricket team, was selected as a president of BCCI. Advertisement is a source of earning for sports channels and broadcasters. During the year various league matches organized in our country such as 20-20 cricket, badminton league, football league, kabbadi league. Sports channels collect revenue from the advertisement and sponsorships of league matches. Ticketing and billing is a source of revenue to the sports grounds and stadiums. Commentators make the match interesting and hold their audience to their T.V sets. Some of the famous names who have great communication skills are Ravi Shatri, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Harsha Bhogle from India. Due to increasing penetration of T.V. and media sports journalism is another rewarding and highly paid career opportunity.  Sport photographer should have specialized training and skills to capture sports events. Sport organizers need sports photographer to capture the matches and league organized for sports. When a sportsman is injured physiotherapists are required to treat them and to provide best course of action to cure the sports person. Every sport has some rules and regulations by which it has been played. Umpire and referees conduct the games as per the rules and regulations applicable to that game. Production and manufacturing of sports equipment and sport garments demand is also increasing due to increasing sport activity in the country. It also includes exports of sport equipment to other countries of the world. Famous sportsperson at National and International level earn from the branding of these products. Distribution and supply chain of sport goods is also connected to this and send the goods to the small retailers. It gives career opportunities to large number of persons who are involved in production, manufacturing distribution and supply chain of these sports equipments.

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