- So you're ready to work in sports
but half of the jobs that you're applying to
require prior sports related experience.
Watch this video so can learn exactly
how to get started immediately.
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If you want to know how to get
sports related experience without any prior experience,
by the end of this video you'll know exactly
what to do to get started today
and be able to put that on your resume.
I've used this method to break into the sports industry
and land multiple internships and jobs from the NBA,
the LA Clippers, Adidas, and beyond.
Alright baller, let's jump right into it.
The first thing that you can do is
create or join a sports group.
So whether you're a student or not
you can join a sports fan group.
And what you can do there is explore if they have
any leadership opportunities available.
So let's say that they don't have any
leadership roles open at the moment.
That's totally fine, what you can do is continue
to be an active participant and member of this club
and see if there's any areas of improvement
while your just attending club meetings,
seeing what the club is about, and it's values,
and what their needs and goals are.
If you see an area of improvement within this club
and propose this to the leadership committee,
than you can potentially create your own position
for yourself and gain that experience.
I use this exact tactic to get my first
sports related experience and utilized it on my resume.
What I did is I joined my school's
sports fan group called UCLA's The Den.
Which is the super fan group of the UCLA Bruins, go Bruins.
Now when I first joined the group, I was just
a participating member, did not have
any leadership roles or responsibilities.
However, over time I realized that there was
a need for the student fan group to have
a connection and tie to the UCLA Athletics Department
and specifically the student athlete .
And not only was I able to add this leadership experience
to my resume, it also opened tons of doors for me.
So eventually I was able to land
an internship at Fox Sports.
Let's say that a sports fan club doesn't exist at all
or you want to do a different sports related club
like sports analytics or something similar.
You can also create that club as well.
I use this exact tact to start a sports media club
at my school called ESPNU Campus Connection.
Which is part of a larger program organized by ESPNU.
By creating a club, again, this is something you can
put on your resume but it's also a way for you
to get experience in something that
you're interested in or potentially interested in.
See if this is something that you'd like to pursue.
By creating a club, this showcases your leadership skills,
initiative, innovation, and then again that
tie back into the sports industry experience.
Which is really crucial for you to gain that experience
and knowledge and be able to apply it
to whatever position that you're applying for.
The second thing that you can do
is create a blog or social media page.
Now the reason why you wanna create a sports blog
or social media page is to really spread exposure
of your personal brand and ultimately share your experience
and knowledge in the sports industry with others.
When you're thinking about what type of topics
that you want to cover in your blog or social media page,
keep in mind a couple of things.
What are you passionate about?
That could be anything that you want, under the sun,
related to the sports industry.
Whether it be your favorite team,
favorite player, favorite sports league.
Whether it's technology in the sports base, you name it.
Another thing that you wanna keep in mind is
what ultimately do you wanna be doing in the sports world?
Is it sport psychology, physical therapy,
coaching, business.
Whatever it may be, you want to tie both
what you're passionate about and what you ultimately
wanna be doing within the sports industry
into that blog or social media page.
And ultimately this is sports experience
that you can get right now.
You just have to create it for yourself.
And a lot of people actually turn these social media pages
or blogs into full fledged careers.
And what I mean by that is if you follow House of Highlights
on Instagram, you'll have an idea of what I'm talkin' about.
This started out as a page that was just meant
for NBA highlights after games and has now turned
into an entire franchise owned by Bleacher Report.
So who knows.
Comment below with what you're passionate about in sports.
The third thing that you can do is volunteer.
Now what you wanna do here is think about different sports
companies that exist in your area.
Whether that's your local school,
local gym, or local sports team.
Whatever it may be, what you wanna do next
is go to the company's site and see if they have
any upcoming philanthropic opportunities or events.
This'll not only give you experience in the sports base,
whether it's even just one sporting event,
it'll also give you chance to really
grow your network in the sports world.
And this is crucial because if there's upcoming events
with this company and you continue to volunteer with them,
they'll begin to know your name.
You'll begin to grow a connection with these people
and ultimately this is gonna give you
a taste of what it's like to work at that company.
Now you know three ways to get sports experience.
But what about when you're ready
to build your sports network?
If you have another chance to watch my video about how to
grow your network in sports, definitely check that out.
The link to watch it is in the description below
and also at the card at the end of this video.
And if you wanna join a community of sports professionals
just like you, join my exclusive networking group BallerrsIN
where you can connect with sports professionals,
get career tips and advice, and learn about
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