Tristyn Coetsee never needed any push to make use of the time on his hands as a footballer while he was on the books of University of Pretoria.
With his club being a university institute, Coetsee took advantage and would make sure that when he was not at training, then he was attending to his studies.
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The benefit has been that instead of squeezing for the limited football jobs available post playing, he has shaped out a steady career in the legal field since he retired aged 29 in June 2017.
Coetsee now holds a Bachelor of Laws - LL.B (TUKS), Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA (UNISA), Master's Degree in Law – LL.M (TUKS), and is now registered for a Doctorate in Law at TUKS.
"I played professional football and studied for two degrees," says Coetsee, who studied courtesy of a bursary from TUKS and the South African Football Players' Union Education Bursary Fund.
"I went from studying and playing to working for a firm called Biccari Bollo Mariano (BBM) Attorneys, who have offices across the country, but I worked at the Pretoria branch.
"I was there for close to five years and from there, I have been with a company with operations in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), though registered in the Cayman Islands.
"It is still in the legal field, though it is a crypto currency company.
"As a legal background person, I have an in-house role related to compliance, governance and management risk with a lot of what I do related to legal work like contracts.
"I still do legal work and represent some clients," he explains.
Coetsee is involved with amateur club Capital City FC in the Tshwane LFA Super League.
"I have been with the club for the past four years and now have about 160 players on our books.
"My sports focus is on the amateur level as a founder and administrator of the club.
"I do get involved with keepers, but my focus is on the administration," says Coetsee.
"I would tell them that they have the time to do the things that they want to do, so they should go for it.
"They shouldn't restrict themselves to professional sport.
"People always have time even though they think they don't have that time.
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"I'm not saying everyone should study at a tertiary institute like TUKS, but they can be skilled into tradesmen like electricians, carpenters, plumbers and the like.
"It is not all of us who played the game that can be accommodated in the game post our playing days.
"Football can only take 10% of the former players," says Coetsee.