ABSTRACT
The vision of career management endeavour for the support of talent in sport is that every young athlete – usually student-athletes – should possess a transition plan, counselling support, and a career-strategy recommendation consistent with his/her capabilities, potentials, and interests at the beginning, during, and at the end of his/her academic and sporting career. Conceptual and strategic approaches that were adopted when the subject of athletic career transition, career counselling, and support was first considered have been examined, and it was detected that most of the approaches to this phenomenon neglected various features essential for the further development in the life of athletes. The conceptual basis for the design of a career management programme is understanding of the construct ‘career’. From a common-sense perspective, ‘career’ is used to indicate a more or less successful period of time and sequence of consistent events and experiences in that phase of life.
