Changing Trends & Career in Physical Education

We live in an era where fitness is prioritised among people. The health benefits of fitness are not concealed anymore. Sports are not limited to children playing in their leisure time. It is now a career choice. Likewise, physical education is not limited to just hobbies. Now, history brings testimony to the fact that it’s a great career option. Many colleges and institutions are provided great courses for physical education, and people are making a healthy living with handsome salaries.

What is physical education?

Physical education, short for PE, studies physical movement, fitness, exercise, wellbeing, and prosperity. There is a wide scope of activities related to PE, including sports, dance, and weight training. Physical education instil confidence in the people and instils interactive abilities that can be harder to accomplish through different subjects.

Change in the trends and scope of physical education  

The scope of education is advancing now, and gone are those days when physical education was considered a career meant for children who were not interested in studies and just wanted to complete their schooling with the least effort and hard work. Now, more and more students are coming into this field of physical education as there are various fields that one can select such as:

 Teacher 

Teaching is a very reputable profession. As we all know, the demand for PT teachers or sports teachers is very high. All the institutions and schools news sports teachers who know various sports. They pay good salaries, and it’s a profession worth considering. 

Assistant professor

As we know that there are many teachers in schools. Some are considered the main teachers, and some are assistant professors who help the main teachers carry out their work effectively and efficiently.

Sports manager

People are becoming more and more inclined towards sports and fitness. So, in that scenario, we need a Sports Manager who ensures that we have proper playgrounds for sports, keeps a check on people whether they are playing sports correctly, and instructs the sports teachers.

Yoga instructor 

The benefits of yoga have been stated for a long time in India. Indians swear by yoga. It’s not only a fitness measure, but people use it as a meditation or a remedy for their physical problems. But yoga is something that you need to learn from a professor. That’s where a professional Yoga Instructor comes in. So the demand for this is very high.

Health educator

As it is rightly said, health is wealth, so we need to have a wider sense of knowledge of our health, what factors deteriorate our health, what steps we can take for better health. Here, a Health Educator comes in who tells us what to eat, when to eat and how to eat, and what exercises are meant for different bodies. It’s always better to take the advice of a professional like a health educator than to experiment with yourself.

Fitness instructor

As we see people following their dieticians’ routine, similarly now people have a fitness instructor who designs a special fitness routine for different bodies, depending on their weights, lifestyle, and requirements. For example, some people only exercise to stay fit, while others exercise for a slimmer body or to develop abs. It’s a very subjective approach, so a fitness instructor can better guide you on what exercises will cater to your body type and fitness needs. For example, some people have a problem like body ache. They can’t do heavy training, so that a fitness coach will guide you to the exercise perfectly meant for you.

Professional player

 We have seen many cricketers and players who make India proud. So, If you want to become a professional player in any field of sports, one needs to have a good command over that sport, plus it’s better if they have studied physical education. 

Conclusion

Physical education studies physical movement, fitness, exercise, wellbeing, and prosperity. There is a wide scope of activities related to PE, including sports, dance, and weight training. Physical education instils confidence and interactive abilities that can be harder to accomplish through different subjects. Physical education as a subject has progressed and come a long way in these current years. Besides sports, yoga teaches them ways to improve health, so it’s a great career option these days, and more and more students are enrolling for the same.