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Transitions from Athletic Careers

Topics covered include:

  • Career transition and transferable skills;
  • Employment expectations for injured athletes;
  • Mental health issues in transition;
  • Early second career planning;
  • Career transition training for athletes;
  • Effects of elite sports participation on later job success;
  • Financial considerations in career choice;
  • Identity and life satisfaction;
  • and more.

Literature Search

Transitions from Athletic Careers

May 2017

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Bernes, K., McKnight, K.M., Gunn, T., Chorney, D., Orr, D.T., Bardick, A.D. (2009). Life After Sport: Athletic Career Transition and Transferable Skills. Lethbridge University.

Cain, A. (2016). Here’s what 19 Olympic legends went to do after retiring from sports. Business Insider.

Carvalho, P., Neto, J.O., (2009). Career/Life Transition – A Phenomenological Approach To Prisoners. 19th Conference of the European Association for Sport Management.

Chabal, S. (2014). Retired Sports Stars and some Unlikely Career Changes. CurrencyFair.com Blog.

Christensen, J. (2012). Life after basketball takes former players down different paths. CNN.

CNN Wire Service (2016). After the Olympics, what’s next for elete athletes? CNN Wire Service.

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., Tully, P.A. (2015). A champion out of the pool? A discursive exploration of two Australian Olympic swimmers’ transition from elite sport to retirement. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 19:33-41.

Crum, M. (2016 ). For These Olympic Athletes, Depression is the Major Hurdle. Huff Post.

Dewenter, R., Giessing, L. (2-15). The Effects of Elite Sports Participation on Later Job Success. Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics.

Dimmock, L. (2016). Why elite athletes should plan their post-sport career now – and how. Women Ahead.

Doman, M. (2012 ). Life After Sports – An Insider’s Look at Athletes and their Finances. Huffington Post.

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Gledhill, A., Harwood, C. (2015). A holistic perspective on career development in UK female soccer players: A negative case analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise Volume 21, Pages 65-77.

Guzman, G. (2015). Navigating the Transition after an Athletics Career. The FEED.

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Haime, J. (2016). Beyond the Game – What’s Next? HockeyShot.

Haime, J. (2015). What’s Next – A perspective of Athlete Identity. John Haime.

Hart, G. (2017). Moving Past the Fears of Life After Rugby. The Good Life.

Holstein, J.A., Jones, R.S., and Koone, Jr. G.E. (2014 ). Is There Life After Football? NYU Press.

Hook, L.L. (2010). Athletic Identity, Vocational Identity, and Occupational Engagement in College Student-Athletes and Non-Athletes. Thesis, University of Kansas.

Hughes, C.J. (2010). After Sports Careers, Vying in the Real Estate Arena. The New York Times.

Ivey, (2015). Ivey brings career management expertise to Canadian Olympic athletes. news@ivey.

Jodai, K. and Nogawa, H. (2011). A study on professional athlete career transition: an overview of the literature. Football Science Vol. 9, 50-61.

Johnson, T. (2016). The End of Your Athletic Career is a New Beginning. NCSA.

Knights, S., Sherry, E., & Ruddock-Hudson, M. (2015). Investigating Elite End-of-Athletic-Career Transition: A Systematic Review. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology Volume 28, Issue 3.

Levine, R. (2012). Sports and the Afterlife: What happens when careers dies? Comcast Sportsnet.

Littlefield, B. (2015). Preparing for Life After Sports. Onlyt A Game.

Loberg, L.A. (2009). In that Instant it Was Over: The Athlete’s Experience of a Career-Ending Injury. University of Tennessee.

Locher, J.M. (2016). Factors Impacting the Retirement Experience of Professional Football Players. Thesis, Vanderbilt University.

Lofton, S.S. (2014). Career transition training for athletes. Thesis, California State University – Northridge.

Martin, L.A., Fogarty, G.J., & Albion, M.J. (2014). Changes in athletic identity and life satisfaction of elite athletes as a function of retirement status. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26 (1), 96-110.

Mason, E. (2017). Athlete transition: a complex and developing area. Sports Shorts.

McArdle, S., Moore, P., Lyons, D. (2014). Olympic Athletes’ Experiences of a Post Games Transition Program. Sport Psychologist. 28(3): 269-278.

McCoy, L. (2014). What happens when you don’t make the NHL? A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Retired Major Junior Hockey Players. ContactPoint.

McKenna, S., Richardson, J. (2017). Game Over: How Professional Athletes Can Have A Career After Sport. Good Sports.

McKnight, K., Bernes, K., Gunn, T., Chorney, D., Orr, D., and Bardick, A. (2009). Life After Sport: Athletic Career Transition and Transferable Skills. Journal of Excellence. Issue No. 13

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Menke, D. Student-Athletes in Transition: Applying the Schlossberg Model. Academic Advising Today.

Miller, E. (2013). Life After Hockey: A Look into Post NHL Careers. The Hockey Writers.

Neidigh, L. (2016). Swimmer finds new challenges after competative athletic career ends. Natio Outsports.

Nicoll, R. (2015). The ballet dancers growing older gracefully. The Guardian.

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Stoltenburg, A.L., Kamphoff, C.S., & Lindstrom Bremer, K. (2005) ) Transitioning Out of Sport: The Psychological Effects of Collegiate Athletes’ Career-Ending Injuries. Athletic Insight - The Online Journal of Sport Psychology.

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Sunghee, P., Lavallee, D., Tod, D. (2013 ). A conceptual model of the athlete retirement decision-making process. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 44(5): 409-428.

Suptu, F. (2012). Athletic Career Transition: A Qualitative Inquiry into Ex-Athletes’s Experiences of the Sports System in Singapore. Thesis, University of Jyvaskyla.

Suutarinen, E. (2014 ). Employment of the Professional Athletes After retirement. Thesis, Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Taylor, j., Ogilvie, B.C., & Lavallee, D. (2005). Career transition among athletes: is there life after sports? In: Williams, J.M. (ed.). Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance. 5th ed. Columbus, OH (USA): McGraw Hill. Pp. 595-615.

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Thompson, M. (2016). A Life Beyond Sports: What to Expect When Your Career Ends. News Blaze.

Tirard, A. (2015). Why Your Next Hire Should Be an Athlete. INSEAD

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University of Ohio, (2017 ). 3 Tips to Help Athletes Transition to Life After Sports. University of Ohio.

Watson, T.R. (2015). Life After Injury: Employment Expectancies for Injured Athletes. Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy, Paper 1.

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Wylleman, P., Lavallee, D., Alfermann, D. editors, (2009). Career Transitions in Competitive Sports. FEPSAC.

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