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The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

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This free course was written by Candice Lingam-Willgoss and Caroline Heaney. It was first published in October 2020.

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The material acknowledged below and within the course is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course:

Images

Introduction: mRGB; Shutterstock.com

Section 2: noomcpk; Shutterstock.com

Session 2

Introduction: Photobac; Shutterstock.com

Section 3: Lorado; Getty Images

Section 4: sportpoint; Shutterstock.com

Session 3

Introduction: Rocksweeper; Shutterstock.com

Section 3: shutter_m; iStockphoto.com

Section 4: jacoblund; Getty Images

Session 4

Introduction: RyanJLane; Getty Images

Section 1: Matimix | Dreamstime.com

Figure 1: adapted from Wylleman and Lavallee's (2004) Developmental Model

Session 5

Section 1: francescoch; Getty Images

Session 6

Figure 1: Action Plus Sports Images / Alamy Stock Photo

Section 2: peepo; Getty Images

Figure 3: UPI/Alamy Live News

Session 7

Figure 1: dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 3: Sportsphoto / Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 4: Ben Lewis / Alamy Stock Photo

Session 8

Introduction: BrianAJackson; Getty Images

Articles

Session 3

Section 4: 'Football's biggest issue': the struggle facing boys rejected by academies; David Conn, The Guardian, 6 October 2017

Audio/Video

Session 2

Video 2: courtesy of Professional Players Federation; www.ppf.org.uk

Video 4: courtesy of Rugby Players Association

Audio 1: Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4

Session 3

Videos 1 and 2: courtesy of: The English Institute of Sport Limited 2018

Video 3: courtesy of: The Victoria Institute of Sport

Session 4

Video 2: from: FourFourTwo Video: “The Exit Trial | One game to save a career | Documentary”.

Session 5

Video 3: courtesy of: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Session 7

Audio 1: Kelly Homes; BBC Radio 5 Live

Session 8

Video 1: courtesy of: Schladitz Consulting; https://www.careeraftersport.com/; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j0wi0UrN3w

Video 2: courtesy of: Life After Professional Support Limited (LAPS)

Videos 3 and 4: courtesy of The English Institute of Sport Limited, 2018

Video 5: courtesy of joe.co.uk

Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

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