I Am a Retired Athlete... What Now?
I Am a Retired Athlete... What Now?

Author: Janae Whittaker Ali

Publisher: Transition What Now Publishing

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780998692401

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This book is essential for the athlete transitioning into the next season of life. Whether the end of a sports career was voluntary or involuntary, many athletes struggle with no longer being an athlete and are left with questions and uncertainty. This book is an easy to navigate; step by step guide that allows you, the athlete, to understand who you truly are and what will guide the next phase of your life. Janae is candid with her fears, frustrations and future questions. You are not alone as you navigate the "What Now?" of being a retired athlete. Janae will have you feeling like you are taking this journey together by giving you a chance to reflect, create viable solutions for your future and a powerful action plan. Janae says, "There are games to win in life after sport, too. Get excited, the best is yet to come!"

The Transition
The Transition

Author: Kelli Tennant

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781499547269

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The Transition is a student-athlete's guide to life after sports. As athletes make the move from sports into the real world, they often experience feelings of loss, depression, anxiety and an inability to find their next passion. This book lays out the different emotions that will be brought forth through the tales of various famous, highly successful athletes that have all had similar stories. By the end of this book, readers will not only feel a sense of community, but will have an understanding of how to transition successfully by learning how to find mentors, internships, careers and new identities.

The Healthy Former Athlete
The Healthy Former Athlete

Author: Lauren Link

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1510736107

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They say athletes suffer two deaths—the one at the end of their lives, and the one at the end of their collegiate or professional sports lives. For an athlete to go from an athletic career to retirement can be a difficult transition. Luckily, Lauren Link, RD, CSSD, has already dealt with this life change and with The Healthy Post-College Athlete, any former athlete can learn how to go from the discipline of weightlifting sessions and conditioning for a game or race, to maintaining a healthy lifestyle without those familiar goals. The book is targeted at those who are juggling a switch away from the intense, competitive, and routine-oriented life of an athlete, and shows how to apply the lessons learned from that time to life as a normal human. Also included in the book are excerpts from Link’s own blog that she started to document her transition from her collegiate athletic lifestyle, along with lists and case studies to help contextualize the challenge in leaving the focus and discipline of an athletic life. Link covers such ground as: • Modifying your diet based on “normal human” calorie expenditure, with meal planning and grocery shopping • Designing a routine and workout to stay fit and healthy • Easy-to-prepare recipes that will help facilitate a healthy lifestyle • Forming an identity outside of your sport Whether you’re a professional athlete or just a person trying to be healthier, this book will show you a path to living a better and healthier life. With a humorous and self-effacing tone, Link will show you how to transition in The Healthy Post-College Athlete. “My experience working with Skyhorse is always a positive collaboration. The editors are first-rate professionals, and my books receive top-shelf treatment. I truly appreciate our working relationship and hope it continues for years to come.” –David Fischer, author

Letters to a Young Athlete
Letters to a Young Athlete

Author: Chris Bosh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1984881795

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A legendary NBA player shares his remarkable story, infused with hard-earned wisdom about the journey to self-mastery from a life at the highest level of professional sports Chris Bosh, NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the league’s Global Ambassador, had his playing days cut short at their prime by a freak medical condition. His extraordinary career ended “in a doctor’s office in the middle of the afternoon.” Forced to reckon with moving forward, he found himself looking back over the course he'd taken, to the pinnacle of the NBA and beyond. Reflecting on all he had learned from a long list of basketball legends, from LeBron and Kobe to Pat Riley and Coach K, he saw that his important lessons weren’t about basketball so much as the inner game of success—right attitude, right commitment, right flow within a team. Now he shares that journey, giving us a view from the inside of what greatness feels like and what it takes. Letters to a Young Athlete offers a proven path for taming your inner voice and making it your ally, through the challenges of failure and success alike.

The Transition Playbook for ATHLETES
The Transition Playbook for ATHLETES

Author: Phil Costa

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-29

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780578457697

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100+ Elite Athletes, including 25 Olympians, share advice on success, routine, and winning in life after sports.

Thrive After Sports
Thrive After Sports

Author: Taj Dashaun

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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Life for retired athletes can be extremely challenging. Many are still searching for a path where their talents can shine like they once did on game day. The same qualities and skills that drive athletes in the athletic arena can be transferred to their lives and careers. All it takes is guidance and a push in the right direction.Thrive After Sports provokes you to look inside of yourself to discover the answers and purpose your life is missing. If you're ready to unlock your fullest potential and master your post-sports life, you need a clear vision, a game plan and great mentors in your corner.This book is for you if: You feel stuck You're tired of procrastinating You're ready to channel your inner hero You desire to transform your lifeStop asking yourself who you are - start asking yourself who it is you want to become. Throughout the chapters of this book, you will receive information to carve out a powerful new path and create a formula to transition powerfully into life after sports. Be prepared to put in the work and Dominate the Game of Life!

Elite to Everyday Athlete
Elite to Everyday Athlete

Author: Emily Coffman

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-28

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781636764900

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All athletes have to retire at some point. Yet, they rarely have a plan for what will come next. After excelling in one area of their lives, it might surprise athletes to find out what it feels like to be a rookie again. Many don't talk about the difficulties they run into and or know how to adapt to life as an everyday athlete. That's where Elite to Everyday Athlete comes in. Author Emily Coffman helps athletes make this transition and learn how to live a healthy life, enjoy working out, and find their new life outside of sports. As a former competitive athlete, Coffman uses personal experience and interviews to outline what she refers to as the "9 Steps to Getting Off the Sidelines of Life." In this book you'll explore questions such as: Who am I when I'm not an athlete? How do I find my next passion and purpose? Why do I no longer have my ambition or drive?  By the end of Elite to Everyday Athlete, Coffman hopes to help former athletes find a new way to live a fulfilling, happy, and healthy life after sports.

Aging Athlete
Aging Athlete

Author: Sifu Slim

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780991182923

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What can we learn from former top athletes that is especially relevant for our health and lifestyles? Even though most athletes are essentially performance minded rather than maintenance and wellness minded, it's still a compelling revelation why 90 percent of them don't continue a program to try and retain some of their skills and conditioning. Learning from the 10 percent who do stay fit and healthy is where we can all benefit. The Aging Athlete chronicles the fitness and mindset of a group of retired and semi-retired athletes, of what's worked for them over the years since they stopped competing or serving in the armed forces. Some of the top athletes include Billy Mills - 1964 10,000m race gold medalist once considered the most famous living Native American; Ken Shamrock - former UFC heavyweight champion who was named the World's Most Dangerous Man; Sam "Bam" Cunningham who starred in the famous 1970 Civil Rights Football Game; and Allen Winder - a blue-eyed basketball player who was called upon by Meadowlark Lemon to break the color barrier ... in reverse. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS BOOK1. Why? Why all of the attention on athletics and aging athletes? What might it be like to be the caregiver/spouse of a 28-year-old athlete who was until recently one of the most physically powerful athletes on the planet? How old is an aging athlete? Hockey great Bobby Orr was injured, and partially hobbled, at the end of his first year as a pro--age 18. His kids have never participated in competitive skating or hockey. Why did kids used to play different sports year round, all seasons, and today it's common for young people to only take up one sport and train for it the entire year?2. Why isn't wellness emphasized more for all and especially for performance oriented athletes? What are the payoffs of recreation vs. performance oriented sports?3. Why don't we learn to coach ourselves? Why do high numbers of performance athletes (inc. ex military and ex ballet performers) stop maintaining fitness soon after leaving their performance time?4. The importance of downtime.5. How to pursue self-mastery.

Beautiful on the Outside
Beautiful on the Outside

Author: Adam Rippon

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1538732394

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Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed America's Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir that the Washington Post calls "comedic gold." Your mom probably told you it's what on the inside that counts. Well, then she was never a competitive figure skater. Olympic medalist Adam Rippon has been making it pretty for the judges even when, just below the surface, everything was an absolute mess. From traveling to practices on the Greyhound bus next to ex convicts to being so poor he could only afford to eat the free apples at his gym, Rippon got through the toughest times with a smile on his face, a glint in his eye, and quip ready for anyone listening. Beautiful on the Outside looks at his journey from a homeschooled kid in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to a self-professed American sweetheart on the world stage and all the disasters and self-delusions it took to get him there. Yeah, it may be what's on the inside that counts, but life is so much better when it's beautiful on the outside.