Ready, Set, Next

Learn about why RSN was developed and what to expect in this course.

Learn about important mental health signs & symptoms to watch for during transitions.

We also include a variety of mental health resources for you if you want to connect with a mental health professional.

Remember, Ready, Set, Next is NOT mental health treatment!

In this lesson, we discuss how transitions are a time to Relearn & Rebuild.

Our first Action Plan will focus on 2 areas known to make transitions easier:

1. Social support

2. Autonomy

One way transitions can be easier is when we share what we learn with others.

We want to hear your best advice for making sense of transitions!

Learn about what resilience IS and IS NOT.

Learn research-backed resilience skills and put them into Your Action Plan.

We want to hear your best advice for developing and using resilience skills!

Reflect on what you’ve learned in sport and how this can be transferred to other areas of your life.

Identify your values and learn how to infuse them into sport and other areas of your life.

Understand elements of your identity, where you get support from others, and how insert your values into these spaces.

We want to hear your best advice for infusing your values into your life inside and outside of sport!

Reflect on ways in which needs of yours have been met in sport and how you can also get those needs met outside of your sport.

Learn about emotional experiences that can surface during transitions and helpful ways to navigate them.

No matter where you are in your journey, reflecting on your sport career can help you navigate transitions. Consider what you’d say to your future self.

We want to hear your best advice for processing your sport career and what you’d say to your younger self!

Learn effective strategies to help you get restful sleep and know when to connect to a professional who can help you get restful sleep.

Learn energy needs and how they change during sport transitions.

Learn effective meal planning for success during sport transitions.

Sleep and nutrition are important parts of navigating transitions effectively. Let’s consider what you are doing well and what you want to do differently

We want to hear your best advice for centering sleep and nutrition during transitions!

This entire module is about putting the pieces together to build out Your Action Plan for transitions.

We specifically discuss a transition plan to retirement because that will happen for you at some point in your career, so being ready will help you be the best version of your self now!

We hope you’ve found this course helpful!

Please take time to answer our post-course questions and fill out a course evaluation. We want to know what we did well and what we can do better.

Now that you’ve finished the Ready, Set, Next course, we want to hear your best advice for anyone navigating transitions.

What did you learn? What do you think other collegiate student-athletes need to hear? What did YOU need to hear along your journey?

We SO appreciate you spending time with us and allowing us to help you Realize Your Next!