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What Happens When the Game Changes?
For many athletes, nobody talks about what comes next. Cole introduces Life After Ball and explores the identity challenges athletes face when sports no longer define their future.
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What Happens
When the Game Changes?
Life After Ball explores sports, identity, and what comes next when athletes face transition. Honest conversations on injury, retirement, burnout, and the search for who you are when the jersey comes off.
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EP. 00138 minMarch 2025
What Happens When the Game Changes?
For many athletes, nobody talks about what comes next. Cole introduces Life After Ball and explores the identity challenges athletes face when sports no longer define their future.
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About the Show
A podcast about the moment after the moment.
Life After Ball is a podcast exploring the challenges athletes face when sports, opportunities, and expectations begin to change.
Through conversations with athletes, coaches, educators, and experts, the show examines identity, resilience, purpose, and growth beyond competition.
Not bitter toward sports. Built to help athletes navigate transition.
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Meet The Host
Cole Kravetz
Student. Athlete. Storyteller.
Cole Kravetz is a student, athlete, and creator who launched Life After Ball to start conversations many athletes never have.
Through honest discussions and storytelling, he hopes to help athletes understand that their value extends beyond the scoreboard — and that what comes next is often where the real work begins.
Voices on the Show
Athletes, coaches, and the people who've been through it.
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Marcus Hale
Former College Athlete
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Dr. Elena Voss
Sports Psychologist
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Coach Ray Donovan
Head Coach, 30 Years
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Sarah Whitfield
Athletic Director
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A growing library of essays, conversations, and tools for athletes, parents, and coaches navigating transition. New material added with every season.
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Identity Beyond Sports
Tools for understanding who you are outside the jersey.
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Injury Recovery
Mental frameworks for the long road back.
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Mental Health
Resources for anxiety, depression, and the inner game.
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College Recruiting
What no one tells you about the next level.
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Transition Stories
Real accounts of athletes who found what came next.
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Leadership
Carrying what you learned on the field, off it.
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