If the athlete thinks of professional career, then not to do him without agent. In our country the similar position appeared not so long ago, but it actively develops, and, above all, brings good income. For this reason today many want to know how to become the hockey or football agent and also the expert in other sports. The main task of the good agent is to help the ward to make the correct and weighed decision and also to give it the chance all the forces and thoughts to direct to improvement of own results.
What does activity of sports agents consist in?
All financial, legal, organizational and other issues arising in career of the athlete fall on the agent. One of the main tasks – search of favorable contracts with sponsors and advertisers. If the ward does team sports, then the agent has to accompany completely process of signing of the contract and execution of other documents with the employer. In this case, the sports agent is a link between the employer and the athlete. Not less important question – life insurance of the ward. Generally, the agent has to do everything possible that distracted nothing the athlete from trainings.
Also legal status of the sports agent interests many, and so it is not enshrined in the special legislation therefore its activity submits to standards of the general legislation.
How to become the sports agent?
To achieve success in this sphere, it is necessary to have strong character, for opposition to stresses and the competition in rather cruel world of sport. The huge interest and knowledge concerning a field of activity, that is if you want to be an agent in hockey is not less important, then it is important to know about this sport everything to trifles.
The first in what it is worth understanding – training of the sports agent. The higher education is an obligatory minimum. By the way, in many HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS there is already such specialty as "Sports management". If you want to upgrade the rating, then not superfluous will be to get additional education in such area as business administration and marketing. It is obligatory to have knowledge of bases of business, in negotiating, marketing and law. Today it is possible to find online courses which will allow to gain necessary knowledge.
As this sphere becomes annually more popular therefore also possibilities of training extend. For example, it is possible to find free programs of training that will allow to accumulate experience and, as they say, to study everything from within. Try success in the large companies specializing in sports management and different types of sport. It is very important to learn to develop communication as without it it is simply impossible to construct career. Try to start contacts with people which can be useful in work.
The sports agent has to know perfectly nuances of the work, for example, how exactly there is a signing of players what problems can arise in work and feature of their decision. A lot of time should be devoted to studying sports news and first of all during the transfer period and in off-season.
After certain skills and knowledge are gained and also the first clients are found, it is possible to pass to the organization of own business. It is important to be active and not to be afraid to work with beginners, but perspective athletes. You learn to convince potential clients that you will be able to provide them such attention which they will not receive even in the eminent agencies. To work with professional athletes, it is necessary to have the license.
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