Six elite athletes explain the importance of training for professional careers

As described by UAX Rafa Nadal Sports School“After witnessing sporting successes that paralyzed the entire country, such as the title won by the Spanish team in the 2010 Football World Cup, or related international events such as the Europa League or the Paralympic Games, few wonder what the future of elite athletes will be when they retire.” “It’s similar to the concerns that arise when college students and students reach the end of their careers.”

To clear all these doubts, bringing them closer to the labor market and aligning their education with the needs demanded by the marketIt was organized today.

Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (CAFYD), Nutrition and Physiotherapy students at UAX attended this conference aimed at employability and education; here, thanks to the experience of graduate school administrators from the UAX Rafa Nadal Sports School, testimonies of great sports figures such as the World Champion David Villaformer football player Mario Suárez, tennis player Keyboard Duckformer Olympic athletes Sara Alvarez And Lola Fernandez-Ochoaparalympic athlete Adi Iglesias; and interaction with leading companies in the sports, nutrition and physiotherapy industries managed to dispel some of their doubts about professional opportunities and specialization with the postgraduate offerings of the UAX university school. Rafa Nadal Sports School.

Alfonso Sports sports school offers a Masters in Sports Performance, an Online Masters in Sports Nutrition and a specialist in Sports Performance Psychology, in addition to an MBA in Sports Management and a Masters in Sports Communication and Platforms. A unique and distinctive educational offer, “It is an approach that fosters an experiential model tailored to the needs of the sports industry to create specialized talent in health, sports and business.”

In this sense, Raúl Notary, Alfonso is the Sports Director of his students and for their professional future. is A very efficient and practical way to help students understand what companies in the sports industry are looking for It also helps them establish real contacts with the fabric of this industry and access job offers at all participating companies; This is something unique and of great value to both them and us. “Our methodology is based, among other things, on continuous and joint cooperation with companies, and this is clearly evident today.”

Between Participating businesses NDL, Indya Nutrition, Quirónsalud and Abbot, the sports supplement brand of Cantabria Labs, which stands out in the field of nutrition; From sports areas such as Go Fit, Be One, Funziona Fit, Metropolitan; Professional opportunities offered by sports degrees in physiotherapy centers such as Urbanfisio, Obelión, El Hospital de los Madroños, Clínicas Rozalén or Quirónsalud, and organizations with a global reach that share their knowledge and experience with students, such as Rafa Nadal Academy, Impulsyn, LinkedIn, La Nave Madrid and Campamentos in the USA about. “It is an example of the close cooperation that Alfonso X el Sabio University maintains with the business community for the sake of academic excellence and the future studies of its students.”

Students received advice from these companies as well as major sports professionals such as: Israel Gonzalezhead of physiotherapy and director of the Master’s Degree in Sports Physiotherapy at the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN); Gemma BesDirector of Nutrition and Master of Sports Nutrition and Training at the Rafa Nadal Academy or Ana MerayoFormer head of Psychology and Tutoring at FC Barcelona and head of the Sports Psychology Area of ​​the Medical Unit of the Catalan Sports Council and University Director of High Performance Sports Psychology Specialist.

workers future

The day saw a roundtable discussion attended by world champion David Villa and former football player Mario Suárez, legendary tennis player Pato Clavet and Paralympic athlete. Adi IglesiasCurrent Sports Director of the Royal Spanish Federation of Judo and Related Sports (Rfejyda) Sara Alvarez and skier Lola Fernandez-Ochoa. They all shared their experiences of what the next day as an elite athlete is like, where training and professional opportunities are important to face the future.

Commenting on the special training offered by the UAX Rafa Nadal Sports School, world champion David Villa said: “It is very important that you continue training while developing your sports career, so that you can do that training tomorrow and continue your life in another profession.. “I already have good connections for sports on the slopes or in my case on football fields or in another working environment.”

Regarding the next day, he said the following about his own case: “It was a simple transition because of all the training efforts and sports decisions I made with the people around me in the last years of my professional career.”. Something former footballer Mario Suárez reiterates when he admits that he has been training “parallel to my career for the last four years”, something fundamental to his adaptation to his new life.

For Sara Alvarez“sport preparation” in terms of effort, concentration… and “personal abilities such as talent, It is also preparation for life, including work.”. Skier Lola Fernández-Ochoa pointed out that when an athlete ends his career, he becomes “very, very vulnerable” and explained that therefore “working on mental health is as vital as physical health.”

In this regard, extensionist “When you retire, you are at a disadvantage because sometimes you don’t have enough education,” Pato Clavet said.. For this reason Paralympic athlete Adi Iglesias stated that “Training is also very important when you are active.” “So is my situation.”

At the ‘Sports and Health Business Day’, students had the opportunity to see the importance of social networks as well as the importance of social networks in job search. Maria Eugenia RenaldiCutting-edge ecosystem offered by La Nave, the Innovation Center of the Madrid City Council, led by Azucena Elbaile, President or director of Academic Iberia at LinkedIn Talent Solutions.

In addition, students had the opportunity to learn a different perspective on sports and health with the testimony of the ‘influencer’. Rachel LopezIt is an organization widely known on social networks by Mamifit, with representatives of the professional associations of Physiotherapy, Nutrition (Codinma) and Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (Coplef) in Madrid, whose most corporate part is.