The topic of money in sport has been in the headlines recently with the Premier League’s record-breaking TV rights deal.

I have to say, if any sportsperson looked at the money in football and compared it with their sport they would get very down in the dumps.

I don’t think hockey will ever be in that place.

However, I feel very privileged to be in a position where we are able to be full-time athletes – as that is all I have ever wanted to do.

Yes, of course, it would be lovely if there was more financial support, because financial support would help in other areas of the game such as growing participation and increasing media coverage.

That’s where I’d want to see money spent.

I don’t think hockey players are ever going to have millions in the bank, but if I did earn that amount I honestly don’t know what I’d do with it.

I’d make sure my family were sorted and didn’t have anything to worry about!

Talking of worries, the Rio Olympics are always in the back of our minds and this is the crunch year for qualifying.

We want to win gold in Rio, but we’ve still got to qualify at a tournament this June.

The thought is always there but you can’t think too far ahead either.

While Rio is our final target, the only thing that we can affect is we what we do every day.

That’s the real focus at the moment.

Slogging through mud and fitness training, making sure we hit our daily targets, making the improvements we need.

Hopefully, if we do that, qualification for Rio will look after itself.

With Rio looming, you do start to think about life post-hockey, particularly because I am at the back end of my career.

I know I’ve got less time playing in my career than I’ve played already, so it is really important that you do think about what you will do afterwards.

I work for the Youth Sport Trust alongside playing hockey on a sport engagement programme, and I’ve recently been up north with United Learning working on a girls inclusion programme.

It’s really important that you’re able to balance training with work because it helps make your transition as smooth as possible once you retire.

It will never be a completely smooth transition because you’re coming out of not only your job, but your passion and what you’re good at.

You go into a new job and you’ve got lots to learn.

So it’s important to know what challenges you want to take on after you’re finished with your sporting career.

Because I recognise I am coming to the back end of my career, I’m also doing a project management course in finance which will hopefully help me make that transition a little bit easier.

Investec, the specialist bank and asset manager, support women’s hockey from grass roots level through to the national team – investec.co.uk/hockey or on Twitter @Investec.