Athletic trainers work for sports teams, hospitals, colleges, high schools, doctors’ offices, fitness centers, sports medicine clinics, and other types of health care facilities. Some run their own practice.
Team trainers are usually required to travel with the team. This means that they are often away from home during the sport’s season. For example, trainers with an NBA team travel with the team across North America for every game so that they are always available to the players.
Team trainers often work evenings and weekends because that is when many games and practices are held. They also care for athletes’ needs outside of game and practice time, including during the off-season when many athletes are training for the next season or recovering from the last season’s injuries.
Like team trainers, college athletic trainers travel with their teams to away games; however, they usually don’t have to travel as far or as often. They also spend time in the off-season conditioning and rehabilitating athletes, and they may put in additional hours teaching classes or workshops.
Trainers who work at sports medicine clinics, doctors’ offices, or other facilities generally have more regular schedules than those employed by sports teams. They usually work 5 days a week for a total of around 40 to 50 hours a week.
Working as an athletic trainer can be physically demanding. Trainers are required to do a lot of standing, bending, and reaching and should be in good physical health.
Team trainers are usually required to travel with the team. This means that they are often away from home during the sport’s season. For example, trainers with an NBA team travel with the team across North America for every game so that they are always available to the players.
Team trainers often work evenings and weekends because that is when many games and practices are held. They also care for athletes’ needs outside of game and practice time, including during the off-season when many athletes are training for the next season or recovering from the last season’s injuries.
Like team trainers, college athletic trainers travel with their teams to away games; however, they usually don’t have to travel as far or as often. They also spend time in the off-season conditioning and rehabilitating athletes, and they may put in additional hours teaching classes or workshops.
Trainers who work at sports medicine clinics, doctors’ offices, or other facilities generally have more regular schedules than those employed by sports teams. They usually work 5 days a week for a total of around 40 to 50 hours a week.
Working as an athletic trainer can be physically demanding. Trainers are required to do a lot of standing, bending, and reaching and should be in good physical health.