Full Description
This book addresses the multifaceted aspects and significance of recovery in maintaining high performance levels. 11 sports psychologists address the problem of under-recovery as well as prevention strategies. The text features the integration of empirical psychological and physiological research as well as the use of applied intervention and prevention strategies.
Contents
Part 1 Conceptualizing the problem: underrecovery and overtraining - different concepts, similar impact?; overtrainning, underrecovery and burnout in sport; psychological assessment of underrecovery; underrecovery and overtraining - a conceptual model. Part 2 Determinants of underrecovery: training load and monitoring an athlete's tolerance for training; clinical findings and mechanisms of stress and recovery in athletes. Part 3 Intervention of underrecovery: periodization of training - avoidance of underperformance; overtraining - emotional and interdisciplinary dimensions; mood and self-regulation changes in underrecovery - an intervention model; debriefing post performance; individually optimal recovery in sports - an application of the IZOF model; recovery-cue and its use in applied settings - practical suggestions regarding assessment and monitoring of recovery. Part 4 Transfer to related areas: recovery and health; quality of life; interaction of volition and recovery; the impact of recovery in different professions; current status and directions of recovery research.
