Self-Reflection on Sports Development: Career Aspirations and Plan

This report is a self-reflective analysis of a student's career aspirations in sports development, focusing on their personal journey and future plans. The student outlines their aspirations to become a sports developer, identifying key attributes such as interpersonal skills and a commitment to a healthy lifestyle. They reflect on their experience as a weightlifter, highlighting strengths like a strong physique and participation in competitions, while also acknowledging weaknesses and setbacks, such as injuries. The student utilizes the FTEM framework to understand the sports industry and details a plan for continued development, including giving training to newcomers. The report emphasizes teamwork and leadership skills gained through sports. The student reflects on their career aspirations and plan for continued development.

Self reflection
Sports development

 The sports development is referred to as a
method that mainly delivers a social change
through using sports.
 I will elaborate on my career aspiration, key
attributes, my strengths, areas for initiating
further developments and will discuss a
specific plan that will ensure my career
development.
 integrates a common and unique phase of
self-development in the sports and coaching
career of an individual.
Introduction

 teamwork plays one of the major roles in
developing a well-rehearsed skill set.
 It can motivate my team and as well as my
collogues (Jones, Jones, Williams-Burnett &
Ratten, 2017).
 I have managed to gain my career
aspiration of being a sports developer from
this particular phase of my life.
Career Aspirations

 The key attributes of my sports
development career are consist of excellent
interpersonal skills.
 I mainly aim to develop my physical
potentials while changing my healthy
lifestyle habits for lifelong (Navarro, 2015).
 I manage to become a National Weightlifter
representative in Thailand.
Key attributes

 I have selected weightlifting as my career
goal there I need to identify my week and
strong points and must work on them.
 I have quite a large body structure with
quite a strong wrist and joints (Burke &
Burke, 2017).
 I have participated in several domestic
weightlifting competitions and have come
as quite an achiever.
Strength and weak areas

 I have observed that there are many more
to come, I just have to stick by my future
objective.
 while doing a practice session I broke my
ankle and injured my back and I have
stopped following my dream (Pimjan et al.
2018).
Future plan for continued
development

 I have followed FTEM framework that proved
me additional help to develop an
understanding of how the sports industry
works.
 sports taught me how to give respect to my
fellow participants and help to understand
how a leader can achieve the objective
through working alongside the team.
 giving training to the newcomers and young
talents who have the ambition to prove
themselves in this industry.
Conclusion

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