Why I Want To Become An Athletic Trainer

Life is full of challenges. Regardless of age, whether two years old or eighty years old, life presents us with different challenges everyday. The challenges one faces will be the most important things they deal with at the time they present themselves. Sure we will have joy, sadness, good times, and bad times, but how someone deals with the challenges they face is what builds their character and creates the person they become. As a senior at Pleasant Grove High School I too have had to deal with the many challenges of life. High school is a time when challenges are all around, the only difference is sometimes a person doesn’t see them even though there right in front of their face. In other words they are still too young to have the experience to recognize them. Last year I dealt with the challenge of re-evaluating my major of what I thought I wanted to do as a career. For years I felt strong
I used Kuder Navigator to help guide me in my research on an athletic trainer profession. I also talked to some other former athletes from Pleasant Grove High School as well as some of the trainers currently working at our school to learn some of the facts that are important about potential athletic trainer careers. After after many interesting conversations, I have now decided to pursue becoming an Athletic Trainer. In this profession, I would evaluate and advise individuals to assist in recovery from athletic-related injuries or illnesses. Also to maintain peak physical fitness, and provide first aid or emergency care. In researching current positions I found this from a job listing for an athletic trainer at CSU Humbolt “This position performs the full range of clinical athletic training functions, which involves the planning, organization, and delivery of daily athletic training services to students involved in athletics”