Division I university and college table tennis player's career planning.

athletes often concentrate on their personal training, but typically lack information about career planning. After retiring, athletes usually do not know what job they want to do. The purpose of this research was to explore through questionnaires (285 valid questionnaires have been retrieved) division I university and college table tennis players' career planning, and the differences found in their career planning based on different background variances. The results were based on descriptive statistics and one-way MANOVA, which led to the following conclusions: I. Division I university and college table tennis players only realized better performances in their self-exploration. Since the athletes spent so much time in a closed training environment, they had fewer opportunities to expose themselves to outside experiences, and therefore the players realized a narrow living environment. This led to low performances in career exploration, along with career selection and career planning. II. Significant variances were found in players' career planning if they had different genders or grade levels, and whether or not they took educational courses or received corporate sponsorships also made a difference. Less significant variance was found if the players attended different schools or departments. The suggestions offered from this study are as follows: (1) to provide help for career planning; (2) to motivate athletes' career planning; (3) to increase opportunities for career exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]