I am a Canadian resident, and I was wondering how I would go about getting sponsored for Judo. My friend got sponsored by africa by just writing a letter to them. I don%26#039;t get it, where would i send it to? what would i do! AHH so confused. Please help.|||Without knowing your background, we will assume you are at least a National level competitor.
We do not know your friends background either, but we wonder how they could have gotten sponsorship with just a letter. They must have fit some sort of government funding criteria for that to happen.
The first source of funding would be your National Governing Body. The would be Judo Canada. Their website is http://www.judocanada.org/ We would advise you to look at their qualifications for funding.
Secondly, your provincial or territorial associations might have funding. You can link to your association from the Judo Canada website for contact information.
In more popular sports, the money will find you, and you won%26#039;t need to find the money. Finding a corporate sponsor will be difficult in a sport like judo.
Home Depot sponsors some elite judo athletes in the USA by giving them jobs with very flexible hours and benefits. We are not sure if they have the same type of program in Canada, or if other corporations participate in similar programs for Olympic sports.
Most judokas that we know who seek sponsorship, have friends, family and benefactors that contribute tremendously to their training costs. You need to tap your social network resources if you are serious about being sponsored.
Some USA judo athletes have set up websites and blogs. Two time Olympian Taraje Williams Murray has a blog http://www.taraje.com that chronicled his preparation, the ups and downs of trying to make an Olympic team, and then living the Olympic experience. He requested donations, sold products on his blog, and also produced a DVD with 2004 Olympian Rhadi Ferguson titled Beyond the Rings which he sells. He is also sponsored by Hatashita Sports.
Even so, with everything he did, he still had to take on debt to make his dream happen.
Finding sponsorship is more than writing a letter to the right person. Its hard work. Its time consuming, and it is replete with rejection. If you can%26#039;t handle taking %26quot;no%26quot; for an answer, it will be a painful process.
If there is one encompassing piece of advice we could give you, it would be this. Be professional and be appreciative.
Sincerely,
Orange County Judo Training Center.
http://www.ocjudo.com
|||You have to be noticed. You have to be soooo much better then everyone in your whole neighborhood, that people don%26#039;t even have to ask who is better. You have to stick out by a lot. You have to ask yourself: Why would a sponsor want to pick you over anyone possibly in your whole city that is your age?|||Be extraordinary at judo|||Lol you have to be the best in your county, not town or city.
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