A revised study pointed out that its professional internship is difficult to link with employment.
At the same time, more domestic gyms do not have a high demand for high-end sports science. On the one hand, the demand for mass users is lower, and on the other hand, they are limited by the cost of talents.
At least in the two top sports academies of Beijing Sport University and Shanghai Sport University, this master stage involves more professional knowledge and focuses on serving specialized sports. In contrast, universities in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries usually have a master’s degree in sports health, which enlarges the scope of sports services.
Of course, in addition to the objective reasons of the fitness industry and the university environment, the subjective career orientation of college physical education students also determines the proportion of undergraduates in the fitness coach group.
Most of the college physical education students represented by undergraduates do not have a clear intention to apply for a job. In fact, since 2013, scholars from sports schools have successively conducted surveys of employment intentions for social sports majors. The lack of job search methods and skills is the main pain point.
However, it is undeniable that professional coaches are a more needed group in future industry competition, and college sports students are an important part of this group. The gym reasonably absorbs college physical education students, and the optimization of education and employment guidance by higher education institutions are measures that urgently need to be improved.
The influx of college entrance examination sports students, noThe most common undergraduate fitness coach
Although the undergraduate rate of fitness coaches is not high, as a major, there is a lot of influx of college entrance examination sports students.
According to a report by the Qilu Evening News on June 3, the number of people taking the physical examination in Shandong Province increased by 5,000 over last year, a record high in recent years. Similarly, in the report of Shanxi Evening News on April 16th, the total number of people in Shanxi Province who took the physical examination was 11,784. In the context of the decrease in the number of applicants for the college entrance examination in the province, the number of applicants for the physical education has increased again this year.
Of course, there are also sports colleges and universities that are expanding enrollment. For example, judging from the changes in enrollment in the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education in the past year, the overall quota has increased from 650 in 2019 to 690. Among them, medical technology majors covering sports technology development and sports rehabilitation have increased by 60 compared to the same period in previous years. people.
These influx of college entrance examination sports majors constitute potential fitness trainers.
Specifically, there is a more typical case in the profession-Social Sports Major.
In the compulsory courses of this major, sports anatomy and sports physiology are two basic sports science disciplines. In addition, 460 hours of special theory and practice major courses will be involved. It is worth mentioning What’s more, it has also opened up a separate course professional module “Gym Sports”, which covers gym assessment and equipment use.
Here is the specific curriculum arrangement for this major of Capital Institute of Physical Education:
Social Sports Professional Course Setting, Source: Journal of Capital Institute of Physical Education
It seems that fitness coaches have suitable college majors, but even if more college physical education students enter their studies, undergraduate fitness coaches are still rare.
In 2018, Nielsen and the General Administration of Sports jointly released a national coaching industry research report. Among the private education certification group with the largest proportion in the country, national occupations, about 30% have a bachelor degree or above, and 77% have a college degree or above.
On the other hand, not many college sports students who work as fitness coaches after graduation.
“Every year, the number of undergraduate students applying for sports majors is increasing. There are three physical education classes and one social sports class, which are actually related to fitness coaches. However, currently incomplete statistics, only 10% will be engaged in fitness coaches< /strong>.”
Currently at Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Xiao Cunji, who teaches physical training, told GymSquare that almost 200 students will be enrolled in one session, but few of them are willing to be coaches. The main development direction of physical education graduates is the primary and secondary school physical education teachers, as well as civil servants and graduate students.
In addition to individual cases, there are also relatively complete statistics on the employment of college sports students.
In 2017, Chengdu Institute of Physical Education once faced 4 colleges and universities in Sichuan Province to analyze the status quo of their careers for students majoring in physical education, sports training, and social sports. The results show that 28.91% of undergraduate physical education graduates choose the education industry, and 26.76% choose the culture and entertainment industry.
Although college sports students are influx, their fitness coaching rate is not high, which largely leads to a low undergraduate coaching rate.
Sports talents in colleges and universities are not just needed by gyms for the time being
College physical education students seem to be the professional counterparts of fitness coaches, but college physical education students are not just in need of gyms.
This conclusion is directly reflected in the mismatch between professional sports education and mass sports needs.
“Although I have basic knowledge of physiological and anatomical theory, it is difficult to practice it. When faced with the instability of squatting in the center of gravity of the masses, I still need to consult and learn.” Jia said that the physical education and training learned in school is actually more suitable for special sports teams and sports clubs.
There are not only students from sports colleges who convey the same view, but also the head of internal training of the gym coach team.
“Although undergraduate is better, the current degree is not a necessity for fitness coaches. Undergraduates are not even as good as training institutions in practicecoach. “The person in charge of internal training for coaches at a chain gymnasium in Beijing believes that more sports teaching ideas are used in physical training. If this training method is used for mass fitness, it will actually cause members to feel frustrated.
In fact, some scholars have clearly pointed out that there is a clear disconnection between social sports professional training and mass sports.
For example, only in professional internships. In 2017, Xu Dapeng and Chen Yan of the Capital University of Physical Education pointed out that social sports majors are more of a service job, and there is limited improvement in technical and guidance skills, and community internships cannot be practical in future employment. hook up.
In addition to this, the non-rigid needs of college physical education students for the gym are also reflected in high-level sports science, the application value to the general public is not high.
“Before a part-time gym coach, I actually didn’t need so much professional skills.” Taking lessons to lose weight, in the eyes of A Shuai, a second-year student of Sports Human Science at Beijing Sport University, is more to perform standardized homework. And his professional knowledge can fully play a role in the minority who pursue sports performance and have injuries.
In other words, the professional skills of running faster and jumping higher in sports majors are temporarily not required by the public.
On the contrary, in the past few years, the reason why the scale of upstream zero-based fitness training institutions has grown rapidly is that the downstream fitness market needs a large number of standardized operation coaches to meet the booming universal fitness demand at that time.