进入体育行业并不需要你具备世界一流的运动竞技水平——也许你只是喜欢竞争或帮助他人取得优异竞赛成绩而已。实际上，在体育经营管理业中，职业运动员出身的人占的比例很小。具备其他技能和才华的人——从富有同情理解心到具有科技头脑——都能在体育相关行业中大有所为。

以下四个大学本科专业可以帮助你进入与体育运动相关的领域发展事业：

人体运动学专业

人体运动学研究人体运动及其对健康的影响。这是一门生理学和健康科学相结合的综合学科，课程包括人体解剖、运动生理学和人体运动原理等。运动学专业毕业生的职业道路一般是当教师、教练、私人健身指导、物理理疗师或职能理疗师，以及从事公共健康方面的工作。

美国人体运动学协会（American Kinesiology Association）设有美国高校人体运动学专业的信息库（database of kinesiology programs）。

体育管理学专业

体育是一项庞大的商业运作，体育管理位于体育与商务的汇合点。体育管理属于跨学科专业，包含经济、促销、法律和通讯公关等科目。

为准备上大学的学生提供高校信息的《普林斯顿评论》（Princeton Review）列有开设体育管理专业的各类院校的名单（institutions offering sports management programs）。

获得体育管理专业文凭的大学毕业生的职业方向包括担任职业运动员的经纪人，以及担任经理或运动队的公关等。

Sports psychology

A handful of U.S. universities offer an undergraduate major in sports psychology, which studies the behavioral components of athletic performance. In addition to core psychology courses, the degree includes courses in biology and anatomy as well as motor learning and stress management.

The Association for Applied Sports Psychology has a directory of schools that offer sports psychology.

Sports psychologists work in private practice and are also employed by professional teams and college athletic departments.

Sports journalism

Whether it’s a secondary school soccer match or the Super Bowl, sports makes news. Many journalism programs in the U.S. offer concentrations in sports journalism (sometimes called sports communications or sports media). Courses focus on reporting on live sporting events, videography and sports photojournalism.

Graduates with a concentration in sports journalism pursue careers in radio, print, digital and broadcast media.

Next steps

Once you’ve found the sports-related area that interests you, research schools that offer degrees in that field. Find out their application and financial-aid deadlines as well as any standardized tests required for admission. To begin, go to your nearest EducationUSA Center.

Find out more about sports in the U.S. on ShareAmerica — from how they’re played to how they influence the language — as well as the growing international popularity of American football.