Sports coaches use a variety of methods to maximize the potential of the players they lead. The discipline of sports coaching is built upon multiple knowledge bases, including game strategy, exercise physiology and sports psychology.

The United States of America commonly called the United States, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in first North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in northwestern North America, west of Canada and east of Russia across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-North Pacific. The country also has five populated and nine unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.

A Bachelor of Science is a degree that is often required for certain advanced careers. Depending on how much time students devote to their education, it can take about three to four years to earn a BSc.