If you truly enjoy the exhilaration of sports and wish to have a career in it without having to be a professional athlete, the study of Sports Science & Management will bring you a step closer to achieving that. In our modern age, sports in no longer “just a game”, at any level it can become big business with careers and business dependent on it. Therefore it depends on professionals to understand and manage it to ensure its success.

In Sports Science, you will learn about how performance can be enhanced (legally and illegally), monitored and analyzed, and about the multiple health benefits of physical activity. You will fully understand the impact prolonged sporting activity and exercise can have on the body - for example, how muscles repair themselves after an athlete runs a marathon or a footballer plays a 90-minute game at altitude on a hot day.

Sports management lets you participate in the exciting world of sports from a business standpoint. Here, you will focus and learn about a few sports along with the psychological principles at work behind them and how sports fit into our society. Good managers are crucial to ensuring that the players, fans, coaches, and business coexist peacefully. They are also adept at marketing sports effectively and managing publicity, coaching, and administration.

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