Does the manner in which our competitive careers end impact our pursuit of fulfillment beyond? There are any number of different circumstances that can bring about the ending of a competitive career. We can be cut from a team, be injured in ways that diminish our effectiveness, simply age out of some required age span, […]
Welcome to Competitor Shift
Please follow this link to fill out our introductory survey. We will use information collected to insure that future posts and resources meet the needs of our readers. The game is over. The crowds have gone home. Accolades have been handed out, and you find yourself in the twilight of what once seemed an unending […]
The Physical Imbalance of a Competitive Edge
How to approach fitness after competition using a training mindset. At some time in life after competition, most former athletes come to a point where they realize that there is a considerable shift underway in their physical conditioning. We can experience it by design as we shift the types of workouts we use, or the […]
Spectatorship after competition: Can we enjoy our sport as a casual fan after we walk away?
There is an experience that is shared by all former athletes after they step out of a competitive world. At some point, we find ourselves as a spectator for the first time, sitting in the stands or watching on the TV focused primarily on the entertainment value. Yet, the experience goes deeper than that, as […]
Anger as Fuel: Is anger a useful form of motivation?
Among the many different emotions that impact motivation, anger and fear are the two that feature most prominently in the ways in which athletes fuel their competitive drive. We harness them both in different ways and different situations, and they can either carry us or cripple us depending upon how we handle them. As we […]
The Shift From Finding Value to Guided by Values
One of the many needs that we fulfill by our participation in competitive sports is the need for self worth and value. We surround ourselves with like-minded people with similar goals and interests, and we take on a role that allows us to pursue that value within a team or sport. Feeling a sense of […]
The Values Behind Our Goals:
Where they come from determines the amount of fulfillment we experience. One of the ‘givens’ of competitive sports, whether individual or team oriented, is that success starts with having clear and attainable goals. The starting point of any progress is setting the right direction, and that all starts with where you want to wind up. […]
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