Q: Do you need to be real good at sports if you want to do something in recreation and sport?
A: No, you don't :) Having a passion for the cause is always helpful but you don't need to be a champion sportsperson yourself. Lots of jobs in sport and rec are there to support the athletes. There are lots of jobs in sports admin and management. Coaching jobs, though, would require you to have a pretty thorough technical knowledge of the sport, depending on what level you are working at. There are also tons of jobs for sporting volunteers. Approach your nearest sporting body (will be called something like Sport Wellington or Harbour Sport) and see if they've got a volunteer job you can start out with.
There's also more info at http://www.sparc.govt.nz/sport/how-volunteers-heart-of-sport
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