Advantages and disadvantages of being a coach

COACH

The profession of the coach is good because you can immediately see the results of your work. Sport requires sacrifice (требует жертв). These are known disadvantages of the profession: when you have chosen a coach's work, you must be prepared for non-standard (ненормированный) working days, very tight timetable (especially during the competition period (период соревнований), and work on weekends (not always).

Train sportsmen – is an interesting work and also even creative work.

It's good that you need to always keep fit. You must be stressful and demanding (требовательным). The coaches have a high salary (зарплата), prestige in the society. The coach must be a model for the sportsmen. Now sport is becoming a popular activity among young people. People are willing to pay big money to be slim.