Reading log 5

Reading log 5
Title: Life after sport
Text type: Article
Written by Emma Vickers

Life after sport is a article which was written about what happens to famous sports stars  and Olympic medalists after they have retired. Its about the death rate that occurs from retirement due to having no qualifications to get a job and talking about who you actually are once you become a retired athlete.

Elite athletes train excessively for many years non stop and in many cases it consumes their lives. In my opinion this shouldn't be the case for athletes. This article showed me that even the most paid athletes end up going in some sort of depression due to not being able to stick with something they love. Its hard for them to find a job to get money in due to having no qualifications. For some athletes its different, some believe its better due to them being able to not have the stress of staying on top or competing.  Loss of identity occurs sometimes too due to  them not feeling loved or acknowledges for their sporting anymore. "Tunnel vision syndrome" its when an athletes is so focused on winning that they don't focus on career opportunities. Athletes should be given some chance to adjust themselves to a basis of a new lifestyle.

Something that caught my eye was when the author wrote about a boxer called Sugar ray Leonard. He quoted "nothing could satisfy me outside the ring, there is nothing in life that compares to being a world champion with having your hand raised in that moment of glory. With having millions of people cheer you on" He suffers from sever depression due to him not being able to box anymore. For young adults becoming athletes i think that they should study before they go into their sporting world. or they could at least think ahead for once they retire in their sports. Another thing that annoyed me was that a famous athlete just missed out on succeeding in getting a gold. Since she didn't get this gold medal she fell into a severe depression and ended up taking her life. The older the person is than the easier it is for them to fall into a depression once they retire.