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This is Shunnosuke Hayashi.
Please to meet you, Dr. 教授名 and Dr. 教授名.
Firstly, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity of interview for your program.
And I also would like to thank you to Dr.ーーーー for scheduling my campus visit last year.
That was wonderful experience to me. I appreciate that.
Q Why do you want become ATC? なぜATCになりたい？
The reason why I want to become ATC is to achieve my dream.
That is to support motorsport driver as an athletic trainer.
I like motorsports since when I was elementary school student.
However, I didn’t have opportunity to become racing driver.
Instead, I played baseball.
4 years ago, I injured my right shoulder,
and then I had to give up playing baseball.
Soon after that, I took a class for athletic trainer,
and then I found some ATCs in the US work for motorsports drivers.
I was surprised and I thought this was what I wanted to do in the future.
Other reason is this.
For Japanese, being able to speak English is a huge advantage in the future. In my case, I can work for not only Japanese athletes,
but also foreign athletes.
And I can support racing teams when they go to abroad races.
These are reasons why I want to be ATC.
Q What’s your strength? あなたの強みは？
One of my greatest strengths is dedication to achieve my goal.
I’ve spent almost all of my time to achieve my dream for 4 years.
For example, my English skill was very limited 4 years ago, but after 3000 hours of study, my English improved enough to attend classes in the US.
It was difficult to keep motivation for study in Japan
because my friends who also wanted to become ATC gave up his dream due to lack of English skill
and I was busy for working as a student athletic trainer, and it’s difficult to find a time for study.
However, I made every effort and I didn’t give up my dream.
I will also keep this dedication in the future.
Q What’s your weakness? あなたの弱みは？
One of my drawback points is perfectionist.
I cannot forgive myself until I complete my task.
For example, when I have assignments, I hesitate to hang out with my friends.
Even if it seems like that I have enough time to finish the assignment by the due date.
It may be a good attitude as a student,
but I sometime put too much stress on myself.
Q When you feel stress out, what will you do? ストレスを感じた時どうする？
When I feel stress, I enjoy watching motorsports on you tube.
It reminds me of my dream.
What do I want to do in the future? I ask myself.
Yes. I want to be ATC who support them.
I always realize that it’s not a good idea to stop moving toward my dream because of stress.
This is my resolution.
Q コンフォートゾーンを超える必要があるか？
Absolutely, YES.
In my opinion, people can gain useful knowledge and precious experience, only when they push themselves to the limit.
In my case, I’m challenging to learn sports medicine in new language.
It’s really hard for me.
For example, they are cultural difference, language difference, and finance problem.
It’s not comfort at all, but this environment give me opportunity to improve myself.
Q If there is a person who disagrees with your opinion, what will you do?
First, I will have conversation.
I’ll do my best to be a good listener.
In this case, communication is really important.
I’m always curious to know about other people’s opinion,
so I actually appreciate people who disagree my opinion.
To know each other people’s opinion is a necessary step to achieve final conclusion.
Q After graduation?
Hopefully, after I graduate, I want to work for Indy car or NASCAR drivers.
However, I guess everything will not going well.
It’s difficult to get full time job for new ATC.
In addition, I’m a international employee.
Company or racing team do not want to hire me because of H1-B VISA.
Other option would be to enter Doctorate of Athletic Training of Indiana State University.
I want to learn advanced skill and applied research.
After that, I want to find an opportunity to work with racing drivers.
Q Why did you choose ISU?
2 reasons
- I like your athletic training program.
Examples are the atmosphere of your program, well-equipped facilities, and good faculty.
Students respect each other.
There are educated professional ATC and
up to date machines for care.
I went to ISU last semester, and I observed your program.
So I know your program well.
- ISU is located near Indianapolis, which is famous for motorsports.
In my opinion, the possibility to get internship for Indy-car and NASCAR is higher than any other cities.
The fact supports me to achieve my dream.
Q What do you want learn in this program?
Of course I want to learn basic knowledge and experience in your program.
Not only basic skills, I want to learn massage therapy technique and nutrition.
Q What experience do you have?
In Japan, I had worked as a student athletic trainer for 3 years.
2 years for Rugby, 1 year for American football.
My main jobs were teaching rehabilitation, taping, and preparation for rehabilitation room.
In the US, last semester, I went to William Carey University, which is near my university, to complete 50 observation hours.
My main jobs were to assist physical modalities, like ultrasound and electric stimulation and to clean rehabilitation room.
QどのようにしてMotorsportドライバーを支える予定ですか？
There are 3 main things that I have to do for motorsports drivers
Firstly, they need physical training on weekdays.
Secondly, they need massage or conditioning during race weekend.
Lastly, they need nutrition advises.
Physical training
Racing drivers should do training as the same as other athletes.
However, their job is different from other sports.
They have to support their head and helmet by their neck.
Their hands and foot have to work precisely all the time to control racing car.
So the menu of physical training should be modified for them.
Massage or conditioning
I will use massage therapy to maximize their performance.
I want to offer proper conditions for their nerves, muscles, and blood vessels by massage.
I want to learn these kind of skill in your program.
Nutrition
Proper nutrition is very important to keep body condition.
It’s especially for motorsports drivers
because they have to concentrate on driving all the time.
If they make a mistake,
they cannot only win the race, but also they may crash to the wall.
Do you have any question?
Q Doctorate of Athletic Training.
I am really interested in Doctorate of Athletic training of ISU.
—–Q Can international students like me apply for this program?
—–Q How many students can get graduate assistantships?
- Massage therapy minor.
—–Q Can I take massage therapy minor courses while I study at AT program?
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Thank you again for taking your time to give me an opportunity for interview.
I’m looking forward to meeting you next semester.
ATC/CSCS for motorsports 