Case Studies from Practice

Who I Work With

Each of them was in a different situation. Some were ending their career. Some were just starting to think about what's next. Here's how it turned out.

Martin
Martin
29 years old, former hockey player

Martin played hockey from age eight. He spent his last seasons in the third league, but knew he couldn't make a living from it. He quit and went through three jobs in six months -- none of them felt right.

When he came to me, he said: "I know I can work hard, but I don't know on what." We broke down what 15 years of hockey taught him -- working in a team under pressure, keeping a routine, accepting feedback. We found a field, rewrote his resume, and rehearsed interviews.

Result

Today he works in a position he enjoys. For the first time, he doesn't dread going to work in the morning.

Hockey Career Transition Resume + Interview
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Jakub
22 years old, former football player

Jakub came to me after a knee injury ended his football career at 21. He had 12 years of football behind him, but no idea what to do next. "Football was my whole life," he told me at our first meeting.

We started simple -- what did you enjoy most about sports? Jakub realized it wasn't the goals. It was helping younger players at training. He loved explaining, demonstrating, watching someone improve.

Today he's studying physiotherapy. He didn't leave sports behind -- he just started doing it from the other side. He helps athletes instead of playing himself.

Football Injury University
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Tomas
27 years old, former track athlete, now entrepreneur
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I never would have said that training for the 400 meters taught me how to run a business. But it did.

I met Tomas when he was finishing with athletics and didn't know where to go next. He had discipline that any manager would envy, but didn't know how to sell it. Within a few months, he realized that what he did every day on the track -- planning, keeping pace, enduring pain -- is exactly what you need in business. Today he runs his own company.

Track & Field Entrepreneurship Mindset
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Karolina
19 years old, tennis, Czech junior national team
Why did she come to me?
Karolina has been playing tennis since she was six. She never did anything else. Her parents started asking what comes next -- and she had no answer.
What did we work on?
We looked for what she enjoys besides tennis. Not abstractly, but concretely -- we tried different directions, talked about what type of work would fit her training habits.
Where is she today?
She has a plan for school. She knows where she wants to go. And she still plays tennis -- one doesn't exclude the other.
Tennis National Team Education
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Adela
17 years old, handball, 3rd year of high school
For the first time in her life, she knows where she could go to college.

Adela is a handball player. Third year of high school, finals are approaching, and the only thing she knew she enjoyed was handball. She had no idea about university.

Together we mapped out what skills handball gave her -- teamwork, quick decision-making, handling pressure. Then we looked for fields where these apply. Today she has a school picked out and knows why she wants to go there. Not because someone told her -- but because it makes sense to her.

Handball University Choice Skills Mapping
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Pavel
Football player, now sales representative at Heineken

Pavel came in feeling like he couldn't do anything. He was selling smartphones, but the job bored him and his confidence was at zero. During our sessions, we uncovered his real strength -- the ability to find common ground between two sides. Exactly what he'd been doing his whole life on the field.

We rewrote his resume and focused on positions where he could use this skill. Heineken reached out with an offer for a sales representative role. He's been working there since September -- and finally doing something that fits.

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Football Heineken Sales Representative
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Sports taught you to be strong, disciplined, reliable. There's no reason why these qualities shouldn't work outside the field too.

Famil Amirov

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