Life Skills Training ProgrammeManaging Transitions and
Conflicts(Level 2)
1. In your opinion, how does the retirement affect the life of an athlete?
2. What transitions may possible face by a retired athlete?
3. What are the positive and negative effects of the retirement?
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Identify the Different Transitions
in Life
Life After Sport: Athletic Career Transition and Transferable Skills
1. The first major difference is that athletes typically start and finish their athletic careers at a relatively young age.
2. A second major difference is that many individuals who undergo career retirement do not experience the same disruption to their identity as do athletes.
Understanding how one’s skills may be valuable in other areas.
Believing that one’s skills are valuable.
Understanding how one’s skills may be useful in contexts other than sport
Athletic Career Transitions
Athletic Career Transitions
Understanding how feelings of anxiety may accompany transition and overcoming this anxiety
Developing a new identity Developing appropriate social
supports
Step 1: Engagement in Counselling Step 2: Emotionality Step 3: Knowledge of Transferable SkillsStep 4: Awareness of Transferable SkillsStep 5: Perceived CompetencyStep 6: Developing a Supporting Network Step 7: Evaluating the Success of the Transition
In-depth Treatment Plan
Reduce your exclusive identification
Discover interests competences for other activities
Acquire solid stress management and time management
Prepare adequately for your career outside sport
Nurture relationships with coaches
Maximise Positive Effects
Activity: Spot the Changes
Action Points How has learning from this session going to affect you? Identify some areas in which you intend to take action. Important learning points of this session:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Action to be taken:Result aimed for:Timescale to achieve:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. What conflicts does a retired athlete face resulting from transition?
2. In your opinion, how does a retired athlete deal these conflicts?
3. What do you think are the difficulties do an athlete face from these transitions?
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Identify and Manage Conflicts Resulting from
Transition
When the Cheering Stops and the Game Leaves Them Behind
The biggest challenge many of our players have is looking ahead for the rest of their
lives. They have everything, in a sense. They have achieved their dream of
playing at the highest level. They have a lot of money, but it comes to an end quicker than most of them can even imagine.” –National Football League
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue
Denial Drinking and Drugs Divorce Financial Loss and/or Challenges Physical Loss and/or Challenges
When the game is over…
Lack of Purpose and Significance Depression Anger and Bitterness Loss of Structure Isolation
When the game is over…
The Bottom Line: You
YOU MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD REGARDLESS THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
You choose success or failure. You choose action or stagnation.
Saving and Investing Formula Selecting a Financial Advisor Living on Less Income
How Star Athletes Deal with Conflicts after
Retirement
Strengths Become Weaknesses
Trust vs. Accountability
Keep It Simple
What Broke Athletes Can Teach Retirees
Activity: Role Play
Action Points How has learning from this session going to affect you? Identify some areas in which you intend to take action. Important learning points of this session:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Action to be taken:Result aimed for:Timescale to achieve:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Have you experienced losing something you wanted to do?
2. From the failures you encountered, how did you deal it positively?
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Create Mutual Understanding from Conflicts
The Eight Keys to a Successful Retired Life
“While there are lots? Of books available on retirement, the only book that really
matters is the on that you write yourself.” –Anonymous
Define the retired you. Have a positive attitude. Have a clear vision. Prepare your relationships for
retirement. Nurture your family and personal
relationships.
The Eight Keys to a Successful Retired Life
Face your retirement fears. Stay busy and engaged. Live safely. Don’t save it all for retirement. Define your legacy.
The Eight Keys to a Successful Retired Life
Activity: Video Presentation
Action Points How has learning from this session going to affect you? Identify some areas in which you intend to take action. Important learning points of this session:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Action to be taken:Result aimed for:Timescale to achieve:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Aside from engaging yourself into sports, what are you passionate of?
2. Do you consider your other passions to be career after retirement?
3. From the question in number two, explain why or why not.
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Assess Personal Abilities, Interests, Work Values and
Accomplishments
Identifying Your Other Skills
Planning a second career for your retirement years is a different process than selecting that first job. Your goals, experiences and needs are different now. You may have more freedom to create a career that makes you happy.
Explore your passions.
Determine what your skills are. Turning skills into profits.
Identifying Your Other Skills
Activity: Worksheet Activity
1. After retirement, what other options do you think you will engage of?
2. Would these options help you to live life at its fullest?
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Identify Options and Generate Directions for Successful Transition
5 Steps to Successful Career Transition
Making a career transition can feel frustrating, overwhelming, and scare. There are five steps (5) to overcome many of the challenges association with transition.
Know Who You Are Know What You Want Understand Your Options Narrow the Gap Have a Clear Story
5 Steps to Successful Career Transition
Activity: Show and Tell
Action Points How has learning from this session going to affect you? Identify some areas in which you intend to take action. Important learning points of this session:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Action to be taken:Result aimed for:Timescale to achieve:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Are you prepared holistically for your retirement?
2. Have you already had any plans prior to your retirement?
3. What changes would you like to see to yourself?
With your group, discuss and present in a flipchart:
Use Techniques for Action Planning and Implementing
Change Effectively
Action Plan Tips for Retirement
Retirement is a big milestone in everyone's life, and with the ever-changing economy the idea of retiring means different things to different people. It is more important than ever to consider your personal definition of what retirement means to you and plan for the future with those goals in mind.
1st Step: Consider your health care options
2nd Step: Consider your finances
3rd Step: Protect your health
Action Plan Tips for Retirement
Understanding your health insurance options.
Employer-sponsored retiree health plan.
Spouse’s employee health plan. Private health insurance.
Make an Action Plan
Make an Action Plan
Long-term care insurance Creating a financial plan COBRA Medicare
Activity: Make a Bucket List
Action Points How has learning from this session going to affect you? Identify some areas in which you intend to take action. Important learning points of this session:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Action to be taken:Result aimed for:Timescale to achieve:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Learning Objectives
Understand how good habits can help a person grow, personally and professionally.
Learn how to develop good habits and get rid of negative ones.
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