The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport
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Contents

  • Introduction and guidance
    • What is a badged course?
    • How to get a badge
  • Introduction
  • 1 What are transitions?
  • 2 Your experiences of transitions in sport
  • 3 The athletic career transition model
  • 4 What does the research say about transitions?
  • 5 This session’s quiz
  • 6 Summary of Session 1
  • Introduction
  • 1 What factors influence transitions?
  • 2 Athletic identity: who am I?
    • 2.1 How athletic identity affects responses to transitions
  • 3 Level of participation
  • 4 Is ‘type of sport’ relevant?
  • 5 Preparation and support
  • 6 Reflecting on your own experience of transitions
  • 7 This session’s quiz
  • 8 Summary of Session 2
  • Introduction
  • 1 The need for a life outside sport
  • 2 Performance lifestyle
  • 3 The five-step career planning strategy
  • 4 Other strategies: coping with the unexpected
  • 5 This session’s quiz
  • 6 Summary of Session 3
  • Introduction
  • 1 What are normative transitions?
  • 2 Lifespan perspective
  • 3 Upward and downward transitions
  • 4 Reflecting on normative transitions
  • 5 This session’s quiz
  • 6 Summary of Session 4
  • Introduction
  • 1 What are non-normative transitions?
  • 2 Spotlight: sport injury
    • 2.1 Return to sport
    • 2.2 Career-ending injuries
  • 3 Reflecting on non-normative transitions
  • 4 This session’s quiz
  • 5 Summary of Session 5
  • Introduction
  • 1 Combining parenthood and elite sport
  • 2 The athletic mother
  • 3 The challenges of being a sporting parent
  • 4 Positive impacts: is parenthood the key to success?
  • 5 This session’s quiz
  • 6 Summary of Session 6
  • Introduction
  • 1 The reality of retirement
  • 2 Why do athletes retire?
  • 3 The impact of retirement – positive or negative?
  • 4 Coming out the other side: coping with retirement
  • 5 But I can’t let go!
  • 6 This session’s quiz
  • 7 Summary of Session 7
  • Introduction
  • 1 Making a successful transition
  • 2 Case study 1: Lizzy Yarnold
  • 3 Case study 2: Kristian Thomas
  • 4 Case study 3: Josh Lukwata
  • 5 Case study 4: Olympic athlete panel
  • 6 Bringing it all together
  • 7 This session’s quiz
  • 8 Summary of Session 8
  • Where next?
  • Tell us what you think
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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