Abstract des Verlegers

Sport, Recovery and Performance is a multi-disciplinary collection which examines both the psychological and physiological dimensions to recovery from sport. Including contributions from medicine, neuroscience, psychology and sport science, the book expertly explores the implications for applied and strategic interventions to both retain and stabilize performance, and promote health and well-being.
The book covers issues around measuring recovery, the impact of overtraining on sleep and mental health, and addresses topics such as the impact of travel on performance. It informs not only how managing recovery can improve performance, but also offers insights in how recovery can sustain athletes’ physical and mental health.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I: Conceptualizing the problem
Chapter 1: Monitoring the recovery-stress state in athletes
Chapter 2: Developing athlete monitoring systems: Theoretical basis and practical applications
Chapter 3: Perceptions and practices of recovery modalities in elite team athletes
Part II: Psychophysiological determinants of under-recovery
Chapter 4: Overtraining – what do we know?
Chapter 5: Recovery-stress balance and psychobiosocial states monitoring of road cyclists
Chapter 6: Psychophysiological features of soccer players‘ recovery-stress balance during the in-season competitive phase
Chapter 7: Managing the training load of overreached athletes: Insights from the tapering and detraining literature
Chapter 8: Recovery-stress balance and injury risk in team sports
Chapter 9: Stress, underrecovery and health problems in athletes
Chapter 10: Quantification of training and competition loads in endurance sports: A key to stress-recovery balance and performance
Part III: The impact of sleep on recovery.
Chapter 11: The role of sleep in maximising performance in elite athletes
Chapter 12: Sleep, dreams and athletic performance
Chapter 13: Domestic and international travel: Implications for performance and recovery in team-sport athletes
Part IV: Transfer to related areas.
Chapter 14: What do sport coaches know about recovery?
Chapter 15: Stress and recovery in extreme situations
Chapter 16: Stress and recovery in applied settings: Long working hours, recovery, and breaks
Chapter 17: Psychological relaxation techniques to enhance recovery in sports
Chapter 18: Sport, recovery and performance: A concluding summary