Summary: Do You Want to Become a Professional Scout? An Agent? A Coach? A General Manager? How Do You Learn Those Sports Specific Skills?<br> Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of <a href="http://www.smww.com">Sports Management Worldwide</a> joins us on the podcast to explain his unique approach to teaching thousands of students around the globe specific sports industry skills.<br> <br> So let's get to the podcast and learn more!<a href="https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/eps14_cover.png"></a><br> <br> Hi I’m Brian Clapp, Director of Content for Work in sports.com and this is the Work in Sports Podcast –<br> <br> If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while now you can probably start to appreciate that we view the sports industry as a little different than anything else out there – there are different dynamics to working in sports than there is in technology, education, manufacturing - sports are a different world.<br> <br> Much of my advice can and will work for other industries, but there are certain things about sports that make them different. High-paid athletes, media coverage, late hours, holiday schedules, huge events, marketing, promotion, coaching, scouting, talent evaluation – the closest industry is for sure entertainment, but even that differs greatly.<br> <br> So the question comes up often – where do you get a sports specific education?<br> <br> I get that there are<a href="http://www.workinsports.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-sports-management-program-e007-work-in-sports-podcast/"> sports management degrees</a>, we’ve talked about those pretty extensively and some programs are great if you want to get into the business operations side of sports – but what if you want to become a Scout? Or a Analyst? Or a General Manager? Or a Coach? Or an Agent?<br> <br> Where do you get that sports specific education?<br> <br> <br> <br> It’s been a while since I’ve been in college, but I don’t remember a Football Scouting course or I would have taken it for sure and I guarantee I would have shown up more than I did for my 8am contemporary Moral Problems course.<br> <br> So back to the question – where do you go if you want a career in a very specific sports related role like scouting?<br> <br> Well, you guessed it, there is a place.<br> <br> Now before I let the cat out of the bag, and get on with our sports industry expert this week who is going to tell us more about their sports specific courses.<br> <br> The place I am talking about is on the internet, it’s a virtual classroom that can be joined from anywhere in the world, which sounds very convenient. But I’ve always had my doubts how effective these environments would be.<br> <br> It’s like having the option to work from home, how dedicated will you be? Will you be focused…or will you stop for a long lunch and Judge Judy.<br> <br> So before I agreed to this expert interview I did a little research on my own – I wanted to see real success stories. I wanted to know that people who have taken these courses have gone on to sports industry success, because I’m not going to pitch you a service that doesn’t work.<br> <br> I value you too much as my people.<br> <br> And here’s what I found out.<br> <br> <br> 10,000 alumni of these courses from 140 different countries… and thousands of them actively working in the sports industry with major organizations: Portland Trailblazers, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Charlotte Hornets, Baltimore Orioles, LA Dodgers, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, Oakland raiders, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Aston Villa, Portland Timbers – the list keeps going.<br> <br> After doing this bit of research I felt excited to talk to Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide – the leader in online sports education.<br> Questions for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook,
