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Sports Development Manager
Name:
Will Roberts
Degree:
BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science MSc Sociology of Sport
Employer:
Youth Sport Trust
Will Roberts
Youth Sports Trust
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3 great things about being a Sports Development Manager


1. Sport is my passion and always has been, so I have a career that I really care about
   
2. You get to see and understand the difference and impact that the work you do can make to the lives of other people
   
3. There’s always a new challenge – nothing is ever done and dusted so there’s a constant effort to make things better
   
3 not so great things about being in Sports Development
   
1. Because sport is my passion it is sometimes hard to switch off
   
2. In previous roles I have had it was a very blurred line between my work and my spare time as a player and coach in that sport, so sometimes working in your own sport can affect how you enjoy your own spare time
   
3. There’s always a new challenge – nothing is ever done and dusted. Sometimes it would be nice to draw a line after a piece of work and leave it behind!