A Systematic Review of Out-of-School Learning Experience of Sports Professionals

It is not enough to be in college; the sports industry requires students undertaking different courses to gain career experience between spring break, parties, visiting and classes. Today, formal education in schools is expected to progress with practical education outside of school. This has led scholars to study different ways through which sports professionals can acquire more experience and become more effective in their work. An internship is identified as a potential way through which the professionals can gain career experience. This study reviews articles searched electronically from ProQuest, Google Scholar and the hardcopy documents from different sports journals so as to shed light on the impact of internship experience on the future career life of sports professionals. The results show that internship practice and out-of-school experiences increase the knowledge and skills of sports students. In addition, students whose knowledge and experience have increased started to be preferred by employers in their fields.