Athlete Transitions into Retirement

ISBN-13: 9781032047768 / Miękka / 2023 / 214 str.

Opis

Athlete Transitions into Retirement provides contemporary viewpoints on athlete transitions from elite sport in a global context. This volume is a collaboration of research from leading authors around the world, offering global perspectives to athlete transitions into retirement.

Recenzje

"The book offers a significant contribution of knowledge to this field and especially for those who in one way or another have an interest in advanced knowledge and in-depth understanding of issues related to athlete transitions in sport." - Christian Augustsson, idrottsforum.org

Spis treści

Introduction: Athlete Transitions in Sport

Part 1: Sociocultural and psychological aspects of athlete retirement transition

1. The Influence of the Cultural Context on the Transition Out of Elite Sport in

Europe

2. Psychosocial Aspects of Sport Retirement Amongst Collegiate Student-Athletes in

The United States

3. The Professionalisation of Paralympic Sport and Implications for the Retirement

Experiences of Paralympians

4. Considering the Connections Between Doping and Transitions Out of Sport:

DesperateTimes and Desperate Measures?

5. Exploring Transitions in UK Professional Football

6. Athlete Identity and Career Transition: Implications for Retirement Outcomes

7. Retirement through Injury: A Case Study Approach Exploring Mental Health

Issues and the Retirement Experiences of Two Ex-English Premier League Footballers

Part 2: Supporting athletes transitioning into retirement

8. Delisted Footballers: Supporting Well-being through Continued Participation in

State Based Levels

9. Understanding Parents’ Experiences with Athlete Retirement

Part 3: Contextual insights from global sports

10. The Next Logical Step? An Examination of Elite Athletes’ Transitions into Post-

athletic High Performance Coaching Roles

11. Time’s up! Indigenous Australian Sportsmen and Athlete Transitions

12. Transitions in Disability Sports

13. A Holistic Perspective to Elite Athletes’ Career Development and Post-Sport

Career Transition in an African Context

14. Autobiographical Insights into Athlete Transitions from Sport

Conclusion

O autorze

Deborah Agnew, PhD is a senior lecturer in the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University, Australia.