- Introduction and guidance
- 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?
- 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
- 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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