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Is retirement the end? What to do after? Why do so many athletes fail to find themselves and, as a result, disappear into thin air? Read about it in our article.
There comes a moment in every athlete’s life when he has to finish his professional career and move on. In the past, these people could be successful and famous athletes, have championship titles, be in the top on Online Betting Australia. Today they are politicians, trying themselves in acting and even wearing the robe of a priest.
Numerous athletes, after retirement, are quite successful in other fields, sometimes even with a higher income than before. History knows enough examples when football players, gymnasts, or athletes preferred to become famous chefs and show business figures, not coaches or officials.
Is there life without sports?
Professional athletes, especially successful ones, are usually favored by fame and money. And this is true. After all, they start their career path and adulthood much earlier than their peers. An ordinary child up to 12-13 years old plays with toys, then the time of first dates and parties begins, alternating all these with studying at school and college. And he gets his first serious job only around the age of 21-22.
Everything is different for athletes. At the age of 7, they begin to master their chosen profession. And throughout their sports life, they are forced to give up toys, night parties, entertainment, and much more.
That's why it seems to a 35-years-old athlete that he has been living in this world for a very long time. While an ordinary 35-year-old person sincerely believes that everything is just beginning for him. And to some extent, this is true. If a sportsman has achieved everything by the age of 35 and is already finishing his career, then his peer at about this age is appointed to a senior position, finally begins to earn decent money, make decisions, and truly self-actualize. The psychology of these two people is completely different, as well as the attitude towards the world, the people around them, and themselves.
Life after sports
The retirement for an athlete is the end of the "first" life and the beginning of the "second". The first life, filled with training, hard work, competition, awards, victories, and defeats, is a thing of the past. The athlete, perhaps, wants to continue his career, but he perfectly understands that he can no longer compete with young rivals. The first sporting life, like health, is gradually disappearing.
And it is being replaced by the second life — quite different, without competition, ideal well-being, and attentive care (by massage therapists, doctors, trainers, etc.).
This transition from "sporting life" to "ordinary life" is rarely painless. Usually, athletes fall into depression, tear the place apart, go from one extreme to another. Divorces with wives, psychosis, alcoholism take place as well. A rare athlete is lucky to continue living as interestingly as he has done before: to take a high position in the sports leadership, to become a high-ranking official or public figure, and so on.
As a rule, these people are on the sidelines. Nobody invites them to work. And sometimes journalists ask to comment on (for free or for a small fee) a recent incident in the world of sports.
Let's be honest: life after retirement from sport isn't going well for most athletes. But this is not always the case.
Happiness without sports
In what case, even after the end of his career, a sportsman continues an interesting, eventful life, full of discoveries and emotions? Obviously, when physical talents give way to personal talents: intellect, interests, breadth of horizons. It's all about the intrapersonal development of the athlete.
If the athlete is comprehensively developed, interested not only in sports but in a huge number of aspects of life (from space to carpentry), this person will truly enjoy his life after retirement from the sport.
What should athletes do after their career is over?
As practice shows, they can do anything they want. The only way to avoid oblivion and unawareness after they retire is to get diversified development in childhood, which will become the basis for curious personality growth. Only the rich inner world will allow starting the second life with the same pleasure, interest, and happiness.
A sports career is a long-term sports activity aimed at achieving high sports results with constant improvement in selected sports. But it's worth remembering that by improving in only one field, you lose the opportunity to try yourself in something else. Therefore, try to pay attention not only to the chosen sport or activity. After all, perhaps you will want or have to change it in the future.
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