1) Career Advancement: What are the possibilities for career advancement?

What is the typical length of years that a person remains in this career--what age is retirement?
Career advancements usually come as one furthers their education. One can
go into the sports biomechanist field after completely graduate schooling and
obtaining a Masters in Kinesiology with a specialization in biomechanics. From
there, they can get jobs in research labs as lab technicians or as research
assistants. If they choose to continue schooling, they can obtain their Ph.Ds
and become professional biomechanists.
2) Continued Education: Is participating in continued education a
requirement of a person working in this career? This could be the
requirements of attending conferences, seminars, etc in order to maintain
licensure or certification, etc.
a. As mentioned, the higher the education, the higher and more specified the position.
In order to become a legitimate sports biomechanist, you must obtain your Ph.D in
Biomechanics. Although there arent any required conferences, the International
Society of Biomechanics in Sports is an international group that regularly conducts
meetings and seminars and has the following goals:
i. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas for sports
biomechanics researchers, coaches and teachers.
ii. To bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners.
iii. To gather and disseminate information and materials on
biomechanics in sports.
3) Benefits: List some benefits/positives of working in this career in which a
person can affect a change?
Sports Biomechanists help sports in two basic ways; both involve science.
The first is service, which consists of analyzing coach and athlete needs,
implementing relevant tests to determine athlete status, interpreting this
information, and reporting back to coaches and athletes. This service allows
athletes to modify training and enhance performance; however, cutting-edge
investigations are needed to really push a sport forward. Therefore, the
second element to our job is applied research and innovation, which involves
conducting experiments on various aspects of training such as technique,
conditioning, and technology.
4) Challenges: List some negatives or challenges that are associated with
this career in which a person must deal with?
5) Pictures/Video: Find at least 3 pictures and 1 video that would represent a
person working in this career.
6) Conclusions on Career: this is where you can discuss any opinions on the
career, should someone pursue this career or not, etc.