How our experiences in competition can serve us well in managing difficult situations in life after. In the competitive world, we experience the positive and negative sides of stress in the form of pressure situations in a contest. On the up side, pressure elevates our performance. We step up when the outcome of a situation […]
Laughing Through the Aches
Why a sense of humor is a key to life after sports. Several years ago, when I was working as the principal of an elementary school, we held a ‘sports day’ as a part of winter carnival week. Staff and students dressed up in clothing that represented their favorite team or sport. Wanting to get […]
The Unique Challenges of COVID-19 as an Ending to Competitive Careers
The recent pandemic has brought about an abrupt ending to a considerable number of athletic careers. Given our previous look at “The Manner of Endings” – how might those athletes who have seen their competitive careers end on this unusual note make this transition in as healthy a manner as possible? By staying connected to […]
The Manner of Endings
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, […]