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| Foreword | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| The Sports and Fitness Boom | p. 1 |
| Focus on fitness | |
| Exploring career options | |
| Making It as a Professional Athlete | p. 9 |
| The basis for athletic competition | |
| Key ingredients to a career in professional sports | |
| Expanded opportunities for women | |
| Basic preparation | |
| Getting started | |
| The challenge of breaking in | |
| Tips for success | |
| Coaching | p. 19 |
| Middle school and high school coaches | |
| College coaches | |
| Professional coaches | |
| Volunteer coaches | |
| Preparing to coach | |
| Sports Administration | p. 37 |
| Athletic directors | |
| Professional and other positions | |
| Education | |
| Sports Officiating | p. 47 |
| Officiating guidelines | |
| Starting points | |
| Officiating schools | |
| Preparing for a future in officiating | |
| Sports Journalism | p. 59 |
| Newspaper sportswriters | |
| Sportscasters | |
| Teaching | p. 71 |
| Teaching physical education | |
| Duties and activities of teachers | |
| A typical day | |
| Educational preparation for teachers | |
| Getting started in teaching | |
| Teaching fitness classes | |
| Group-exercise or aerobics instructors | |
| Corporate fitness instructors | |
| Group and personal trainers | |
| Yoga instructors | |
| Sports Medicine and Related Careers | p. 91 |
| Athletic trainers | |
| Sports physicians | |
| Orthopedists | |
| Osteopaths | |
| Chiropractors | |
| Physical therapists | |
| Exercise physiologists | |
| Dance/movement therapists | |
| Occupational therapists | |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic recreation therapists | |
| Kinesiology | |
| Complementary health trainers | |
| Other sports medicine opportunities | |
| Sports medicine clinics and centers | |
| Getting started | |
| Fitness and Sports Business | p. 123 |
| Health clubs and fitness centers | |
| Sports equipment sales and development | |
| Starting Your Own Fitness Operation | p. 131 |
| Attracting clients | |
| Developing news releases | |
| Keeping clients | |
| Owning a studio | |
| Choreography and music services | |
| Satellite classes | |
| Corporate exercise programs | |
| Income taxes | |
| Insurance | |
| Other Sports and Fitness--Related Careers | p. 149 |
| Public relations and sports information professionals | |
| Sports photographers | |
| Agents and sports representatives | |
| Sports facility maintenance personnel | |
| Stadium and arena concessionaires | |
| Sports instructors | |
| Statisticians | |
| Scouts | |
| Sports academicians | |
| Equipment managers | |
| Selected Sports and Fitness--Related Organizations | p. 165 |
| Exercise Dos and Don'ts | p. 173 |
| Teaching Guidelines for the Multilevel Class | p. 175 |
| Further Reading | p. 177 |
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