5 professions for those who don't like going to the office, but love sports

Sports is a huge industry that includes many areas and professions. Some, such as professional athlete, coach, sports doctor, are very familiar to us. But there are some completely unusual positions. Today we will tell you about them.

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Greenkeeper

A greenkeeper is a specialist who cherishes and nurtures green courses for golf, soccer, tennis and all sports that take place on grass. It is possible to learn this profession even in Russia, but working professionals are most often sent on internships in foreign schools of greenkeepers.

The duties of a greenkeeper include selecting seed, replanting pieces of turf on damaged areas, watering, fertilizing and cutting grass. Position requires knowledge of landscaping and grassland management.

Bereiter

This is a specialist engaged in the training and education of horses. In equestrian sport, this profession is very much in demand and prestigious. Need in bereiters and law enforcement agencies, and circus troupes.

A person of this specialty must understand the psychology of horses and feel them well. This profession has its own specializations: briber-sportsman himself participates in competitions, briber-trainer helps and horse owners to master riding, to communicate properly with the pet, in the duties of briber-carriage driver, in addition to training, is the care of horses in the stables.

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Stringer

This is a specialist who pulls the strings on rackets in all racquet sports. The word itself came from the English “string” – string. Most often it is a related profession in tennis, badminton or squash.

Rackets for playing from time to time go out of order due to broken strings, then they have to be retensioned. The most important thing in the profession is the knowledge of stringing techniques, string and racket characteristics. There are even associations of stringers in the world that train specialists, certify them and develop recommendations for the selection and maintenance of rackets.

Cutman

The cutman is an essential specialist in combat sports. For example, in boxing, he does everything possible to ensure that a boxer can continue the fight in the presence of a dissection or after a knockdown.

In addition, the catman prepares the fighter for the fight: he is engaged in increasing the elasticity of the skin, reducing the sensitivity of certain parts of the face and body. The catman must understand which places need special protection, which arm is stronger, when it is necessary to use elastic bandages or to finish the fight.

Cross-country skier

Perhaps the rarest profession on our list. The specialist flies into the field, photographs mountains and hills from a helicopter, then works with topographic maps and creates infographics to serve as the basis for technical drawings.

It is important to note that this is not just a drawing of the route, but a technically fine-tuned scheme that takes into account the natural data and goals of the future route.