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“My transition after hockey, including 4 hip operations, was not easy. I think what you are doing is invaluable for young men who are transitioning into a life after hockey.” Kelly Sickavish – 3 years BCHL, 4 years NCAA Div I, 4 years Central Hockey League. Stevedore Foreman at Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves.
If you are like virtually every high performance athlete before you, the thought of transitioning from sport into your next career can feel scary, intimidating, confusing, or depressing. Through our Transitioning Athlete Network you’ll meet professionals 1 step or 10 steps ahead of you in their professional careers with answers to burning questions, and fasttrack your way through lessons they’ve learned through years of trial and error, failure, and success. Watch the tutorial at the bottom of this page to set up your account and profile in less than 4 minutes.
In the words of Simon Sinek, we hope you find your ‘why,’ not just your ‘what.’ Finding a career that services your greater purpose in life is fulfilling, and intrinsically motivating. The job is just the ‘what.’ The reason you do it, your ‘why,’ makes all the difference.
We hope that you meet someone you’ll eventually call a ‘mentor’, someone whose insights and experiences will change the course of your life. Someone who’ll help you ignite the same passion in your next chapter that you had as an athlete. You’ll look back years from now feeling grateful to have met a certain person, who helped guide you in your journey of finding new personal and professional purpose. Building your post athletic career begins here. A rewarding and fulfilling life awaits.
(Once you create your account here, you’ll be able to build out your Directory Profile to explore your interests and connect with great professionals. Your address will not appear in our directory)
As an athlete just make sure you are on this athlete registration page.
NOTE: Connecting transitioning athletes with professionals in their communities is a service of critical importance. However neither party (athlete or professional) are under any obligation to accept offers to connect. Many athletes have no idea what they might want to do in their next career following a life in sport. We know because we were you. Our former teammates and athletes within our network know how important this connection is, and want to help.
We could simply call the role of this professional community a MENTOR. However, we believe that ‘mentor’ is a gift word to be bestowed upon the professional by a younger person as you see fit. We cannot call ourselves mentors. Joining this community provides the opportunity to earn the honour of ‘mentor’ by a transitioning high performance athlete who needs guidance, support, and an opportunity to explore the whole new world before them.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us.