Interval #5: When athletes with disabilities retire

03/05/20 • 9 min

To what extent is the experience of retirement between para-athletes and able-bodied athletes the same? What support can be provided for some of the specific post-sports challenges athletes with disabilities face? No one really knew these answer to these Qs. That was until 2016, when a group of researchers conducted a groundbreaking study on this community. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Becoming the face of the feminist movement as an athlete with Kathy Switzer

Kathy Switzer will forever be known as the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entrant. Today, running is just as central to her life as it was over 50 years ago. It’s not the story of a retired athlete like previous episodes. It is the story of how to jump off from a big, identity-defining athlete experience and take the love of sport with you. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Every year, coaches welcome a group of student-athletes into their program. And every year, these coaches say goodbye to a group of student athletes leaving their program. They’ll do this hundreds of times in their career. Today, a high school football coach and a college basketball talk the sadness and fulfillment that comes with watching student-athletes walk away. Listen now on Spotify and Apple podcasts.