Retirement from sport is a life transition that has significant implications for athletes’ physical and mental health, as well as their social and professional development. Although extensive work has been done to review the retirement experiences of athletes, relatively less work has been done to examine and reflect on this expansive body of literature with a pragmatic aim of deciding what needs to happen to better support retiring athletes.
In this article DHS Professor Michelle Silver and her co-authors Paula Voorheis and Josie Consonni use scoping review methodology to review current academic reviews, gray literature articles, and support programs on athletic retirement.