Career changes

All things come to an end, and one of the certainties of sport is that the time will come when the athlete's career reaches its end. For some, retirement from sport comes after a long and successful career, and the challenge for the athlete is to the timing is to answer the question "what next?" For others, the timing is not of their own choosing, but results from injury, or delisting by a professional team.

Career changes can be a difficult time for sportsmen and women. Sport psychologists are able to help athletes with issues relating to changing or ending careers, by helping individuals to work through the issues involved in moving towards retirement, or in planning how to deal with the next challenges in their lives.