Sport, Recovery, and Performance

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