Athletic Training
TJ Kassner
Eng. 3-1st
Mr. Lichtenberger
9 February, 2014
Athletic Training is physical therapy but really dealing with mainly sports rather than all sorts of injuries. Being an Athletic Trainer you usually deal with high school kids, college kids, or professional adults. Most of the time you start off as a Student/Apprentice Athletic Trainer, then to actually being the Athletic Trainer, then to going off to more prestigious schools or professional teams. Your main responsibility is to prevent injuries from happening; once they occur you must evaluate the athlete, and give them the correct treatment they need. The Education, Training, Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits are all important in becoming an Athletic Trainer.
Athletic Training isn’t just about making $35,000 to $150,000+, its about the kids safety, problems, and getting them to have your trust. From an athletes stand point its very easy to become soar, hurt, tired, etc.; you want your trainers to be there for you no matter what though. Being a trainer is very time consuming, stressful, and hard. Dealing with a handful of kids at a time knowing each injury giving each one certain exercises is very hard. Some kids might even say their not to keep on playing, but as a trainer you have to be able to tell when it’s the right time to shut a kid down or not. Every kid has a different attitude and some kids may not agree with your opinion to take them out of a game but you have to do whats best for the athlete. When dealing with kids injuries you want to have a good relationship with the head coach because for the most part hes the one who will be supplying your equipment. You have to be on the same page with the coaches and players on the sort of conditioning the athletes will be doing because there are times where the team or some kids wont be able to do because of certain situations. There are many situations that will come about and you have to make split decisions and the smartest decision is
Eng. 3-1st
Mr. Lichtenberger
9 February, 2014
Athletic Training is physical therapy but really dealing with mainly sports rather than all sorts of injuries. Being an Athletic Trainer you usually deal with high school kids, college kids, or professional adults. Most of the time you start off as a Student/Apprentice Athletic Trainer, then to actually being the Athletic Trainer, then to going off to more prestigious schools or professional teams. Your main responsibility is to prevent injuries from happening; once they occur you must evaluate the athlete, and give them the correct treatment they need. The Education, Training, Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits are all important in becoming an Athletic Trainer.
Athletic Training isn’t just about making $35,000 to $150,000+, its about the kids safety, problems, and getting them to have your trust. From an athletes stand point its very easy to become soar, hurt, tired, etc.; you want your trainers to be there for you no matter what though. Being a trainer is very time consuming, stressful, and hard. Dealing with a handful of kids at a time knowing each injury giving each one certain exercises is very hard. Some kids might even say their not to keep on playing, but as a trainer you have to be able to tell when it’s the right time to shut a kid down or not. Every kid has a different attitude and some kids may not agree with your opinion to take them out of a game but you have to do whats best for the athlete. When dealing with kids injuries you want to have a good relationship with the head coach because for the most part hes the one who will be supplying your equipment. You have to be on the same page with the coaches and players on the sort of conditioning the athletes will be doing because there are times where the team or some kids wont be able to do because of certain situations. There are many situations that will come about and you have to make split decisions and the smartest decision is