Recovery and Well-being in Sport and Exercise

Bringing together the world's leading experts, this multi-disciplinary collection examines both the psychological and physiological dimensions to recovery from sport.

Michael Kellmann is Professor of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is also an Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. Jürgen Beckmann is Professor of Sport Psychology, Emeritus of Excellence at the School of Medicine and Health at Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland (Australia) and Adjunct Professor at the Dept. of Physical Education and Sport Sceinces of the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Part I: Conceptualizing the problem 1: The value of recovery-stress monitoring for athletes' well-being Jahan Heidari, Sarah Jakowski, & Michael Kellmann 2: Developing athlete monitoring systems: Theoretical basis and practical applications Coutts, A. J., Crowcroft, S., & Kempton, T. 3: Perceptions and practises of recovery modalities in athletes Venter, R., Diacon, N., & De Wet, J. Part II: Psychophysiological determinants of underrecovery 4: Overtraining - what do we know? Meeusen, R., & De Pauw, K. 5: Managing the training load of overreached athletes: Insights from the detraining, reduced training and tapering literature Bosquet, L., Berryman, N., & Mujika, I. 6: Recovery-stress balance and injury risk in team sports Brink, M., & Lemmink, K. 7: Stress, underrecovery, and health problems in athletes Nixdorf, R., Nixdorf, I., & Beckmann, J. 8: Quantification of training and competition loads in endurance sports: A key to recovery-stress balance and performance Sharma, A. P., & Mujika, I. Part III: The impact of sleep on recovery 9: The role of sleep in the performance of elite athletes Caia, J., Kelly, V. G., Driller, M & Halson, S. L. 10: The role of nocturnal dreams in performance and recovery of athletes Erlacher, D., Schmid, D. & Ehrlenspiel, F. 11: Domestic and international travel: Implications for performance and recovery in team-sport athletes Duffield, R., & Fowler, P. M. Part IV: New approaches to recovery 12: Mental fatigue and the concept of mental recovery in sport Loch, F., Jakowski, S., Hof zum Berge, A., & Kellmann, M. 13: The psychology of rest in sports performers Eccles, D. W. 14: Recovery and well-being in sport and exercise: A concluding summary Kellmann, M., & Beckmann, J.