Topic 12: Sport Transition & Retirement Flashcards
1
Q
Challenges to Sport Transition & Retirement
A
- Identity
- Loss of who they are, what to do
- ‘Normal’ PA fitness & health
- Focus/Goals
- Lack of hyperfocus on a singular goal
- Performance Anxiety
- Lack of adrenaline, highs
- Education & vocation
- Physical space / geography
2
Q
Strategies to Sport Transition and Retirement
A
- Support
- Family, partner, friends
- Conscious
- be emotionally prepared
- Organized
- Prepared and make plan in advance
- Awareness
- What did you love? hate?
- What are you going to miss?
- Education Resources
- Funding