Athletes and Sports Competitor
Other Titles
Football Player, Golf Professional, Professional Athlete, Professional Golf Tournament Player, Race Car Driver etc
Assess performance following athletic competition, identifying strengths and weaknesses and making adjustments to improve future performance.
Maintain equipment used in a particular sport.
Attend scheduled practice or training sessions.
Maintain optimum physical fitness levels by training regularly, following nutrition plans, or consulting with health professionals.
Participate in athletic events or competitive sports, according to established rules and regulations.
Exercise or practice under the direction of athletic trainers or professional coaches to develop skills, improve physical condition, or prepare for competitions.
Receive instructions from coaches or other sports staff prior to events and discuss performance afterwards.
Represent teams or professional sports clubs, performing such activities as meeting with members of the media, making speeches, or participating in charity events.
Lead teams by serving as captain.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
Explosive Strength — The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Gross Body Coordination — The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Gross Body Equilibrium — The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a language - English, French, Swahili et cetera - including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Analytical or scientific software -- Motion analysis software
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Graphics or photo imaging software -- e.g., Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
Instant messaging software -- e.g., Twitter
Internet browser software -- e.g., Windows Explorer; Google Chrome; Mozilla Firefox
Office suite software -- e.g., Google Workspace; WordPerfect Office; Microsoft Office
Presentation software -- e.g., Google Slides; Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software -- e.g., Quattro Pro; Google Sheets; Microsoft Excel
Video creation and editing software -- e.g., TikTok; YouTube
Web page creation and editing software -- e.g., Instagram; Facebook
Word processing software -- e.g., Google Docs; WordPerfect; Microsoft Word
Archery arrows→ Target shooting arrows
Archery bows→ Precision archery bows
Archery targets→ Portable archery targets
Badminton rackets
Baseball bats→ Metal baseball bats; Wooden baseball bats
Baseball gloves→ Baseball catching gloves
Basketballs→ Regulation basketballs
Batons→ Relay race batons
Bowling equipment→ Bowling balls
Boxing gloves
Bridles→ Horse bridles
Cross trainers→ Elliptical trainers
Digital camcorders or video cameras→ Digital video cameras
Discus→ Throwing discus
Diving boards→ Diving platforms; Spring diving boards
Dumbbells→ Fitness dumbbells
Environmental test chamber→ Cyclical variations in adaptive conditioning CVAC pods
Exercise balls→ Stability balls
Fencing sword or foil→ Fencing foils
Field hockey sticks→ Regulation field hockey sticks
Football blocking sleds→ Football training sleds
Football tackling dummies→ Football training dummies
Footballs→ Regulation footballs
Golf clubs→ Golf drivers; Golf putters; Golf wedges
Gymnastic bars or beams→ Balance beams; Parallel bars; Uneven bars
Gymnastic pommel horse→ Pommel horses
Gymnastic ropes or rings or climbing accessories→ Gymnastics grips; Gymnastics rings
Gymnastic trampolines→ Gymnastics trampolines
Gymnastic vault springboard or beatboard→ Vaulting springboards
Gymnastic vaulting equipment→ Gymnastics vaults
Heavy truck tires→ Tractor tires
Hockey sticks→ Ice hockey sticks
Hurdles→ Track and field hurdles
Ice skates→ Figure skates; Ice hockey skates; Speed skates
Javelins→ Competition javelins
Lacrosse sticks
Lower body resistance machines→ Lower body weight machines
Medicine ball→ Fitness balls
Mountain bicycles→ Mountain bikes
Notebook computers→ Laptop computers
Personal computers
Physiological recorders→ Motion analysis equipment
Pool cues
Portable data input terminals→ Weighlifting analysis equipment
Racing bicycles→ Bicycle motocross BMX bikes; Road bikes
Recreational sailboats→ Competition sailboats
Reins→ Horse reins
Resistive exercise bands or putty or tubing or accessories for rehabilitation or therapy→ Therapeutic exercise bands
Roller skates or roller blades→ In-line skates
Row boat→ Sculling boats; Sweep-oar boats
Rowing machines→ Row machines
Saddles→ Riding saddles
Sandbags or sandbag sets for rehabilitation or therapy→ Therapeutic sandbags
Shotputs→ Competition shot puts
Skateboard→ Competition skateboards
Skis→ Cross-country skis; Downhill skis
Snowboards→ Competition snowboards
Soccer balls→ Regulation soccer balls
Softball bats
Stair climbers→ Power stairclimbers
Starting block→ Race starting blocks
Stationary bicycles→ Exercise bicycles; Recumbent exercise bicycles
Surfboards→ Competition surfboards
Swim goggles or swim fins→ Swimming goggles
Table tennis paddles→ Ping-pong paddles
Tablet computers
Tennis racquets→ Tennis rackets
Throwing hammer→ Hammer throws
Training weight→ Weight plates; Weighted vests
Treadmills→ Fitness treadmills
Upper body resistance machines→ Core strengthening wheels; Upper body ergometers
Vaulting poles
Volleyballs→ Regulation volleyballs
Water skis or accessories→ Competition water skis
Weight benches or racks→ Glute-ham benches; Squat benches; Squat racks
Whips→ Dressage whips; Riding crops
Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Attention to Detail→ Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Stress Tolerance→ Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Achievement/Effort→ Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
Self Control→ Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Persistence→ Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Initiative→ Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Integrity→ Job requires being honest and ethical.
Dependability→ Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Cooperation→ Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Leadership→ Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Adaptability/Flexibility→ Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Social Orientation→ Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Concern for Others→ Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Independence→ Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
Analytical Thinking→ Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Innovation→ Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Achievement→ Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Recognition→ Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Relationships→ Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.