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From Start to Splash: Exploring Retirement Preparation and Career Development for Retired College Swimmers /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	From Start to Splash: Exploring Retirement Preparation and Career Development for Retired College Swimmers // Ariel C Hodges.
Author:	Hodges, Ariel C.,
Description:	1 electronic resource (261 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-12A.
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31358148
ISBN:	9798382780450

From Start to Splash: Exploring Retirement Preparation and Career Development for Retired College Swimmers /
Hodges, Ariel C.,

From Start to Splash: Exploring Retirement Preparation and Career Development for Retired College Swimmers /Ariel C Hodges. - 1 electronic resource (261 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.

This study examined the concepts of career preparation and the lives post-sport of retired former collegiate swimmers. Swimming is a sport that has next to no opportunities to compete professionally, meaning that all swimmers must undergo career preparation and transition into full-time careers once their eligibility has expired. This study was guided by Schlossberg's 4S system, which looks at the Situation, Self, Support and Strategies employed throughout the transition process (Anderson et al., 2022). This study was also guided by the life-span life-space career preparation theory of Super, Savickas and Super (Brown & Brooks, 1996). This theory looks at career preparation through a rainbow lens and allows the reader to understand that different roles, phases, and importance may be placed on their careers at different points throughout their lives.Four main themes arose which answered the two research questions. The first theme identified was the unique journeys each swammer had when it came to their career preparation. No two individuals had the same preparation, but many utilized resources such as the career center, free tutoring, internships, part-time jobs and more. The second theme that arose was the concept of support. Support was prevalent throughout several of the participants' journeys. In this study, support came from family, friends, peers, coaches, and institutionally.The third theme addressed the swammers and how they gained meaningful employment. Their new roles allowed the swammers to be active in their communities and give back to those around them. Many of the swimmers chose service-oriented jobs, such as nurses, doctors, police officers, military officers, educators, and swim coaches. The final theme identified the strong swimming identities of many of the swammers and how the sport continues to be a key part of their lives until today.Implications for practice included the need for more coach support during the transition from competitive swimming, receiving more support and awareness from both the NCAA and the colleges they attended, and the idea to introduce swimmers to more jobs that would allow them to stay in the sport through a different avenue. Implications for future research address the need for more qualitative and quantitative studies done on both the sport of swimming and swimmers and more research on how to better support swimmers during their transitions. This is especially important from a mental health perspective, and determining if policies or procedures would be beneficial to implement at an institutional or NCAA level when it came to career development.

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