Recovery and Well-being in Sport and Exercise

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 problem1: The value of recovery-stress monitoring for athletes’ well-beingJahan Heidari, Sarah Jakowski, & Michael Kellmann2: Developing athlete monitoring systems: Theoretical basis and practical applicationsCoutts, A. J., Crowcroft, S., & Kempton, T.3: Perceptions and practises of recovery modalities in athletesVenter, R., Diacon, N., & De Wet, J.Part II: Psychophysiological determinants of underrecovery4: 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 literatureBosquet, L., Berryman, N., & Mujika, I.6: Recovery-stress balance and injury risk in team sportsBrink, M., & Lemmink, K.7: Stress, underrecovery, and health problems in athletesNixdorf, R., Nixdorf, I., & Beckmann, J.8: Quantification of training and competition loads in endurance sports: A key to recovery-stress balance and performanceSharma, A. P., & Mujika, I.Part III: The impact of sleep on recovery9: The role of sleep in the performance of elite athletesCaia, J., Kelly, V. G., Driller, M & Halson, S. L.10: The role of nocturnal dreams in performance and recovery of athletesErlacher, D., Schmid, D. & Ehrlenspiel, F.11: Domestic and international travel: Implications for performance and recovery in team-sport athletesDuffield, R., & Fowler, P. M. Part IV: New approaches to recovery12: Mental fatigue and the concept of mental recovery in sportLoch, F., Jakowski, S., Hof zum Berge, A., & Kellmann, M.13: The psychology of rest in sports performersEccles, D. W.14: Recovery and well-being in sport and exercise: A concluding summaryKellmann, M., & Beckmann, J.

‘Fifteen years after the publication of Enhancing Recovery it is time for another resource that brings together cutting-edge research on the importance of recovery for athletic performance and health. Michael Kellmann and Jürgen Beckmann have gathered the world’s leading scholars from both psychology and physiology in a joint perspective on recovery research and its practical application. This book’s interdisciplinarity is unique and an advancement that many other research areas could profit from. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn from the best on how to improve the performance and health of athletes by enhancing their recovery.’ Dr. Anne-Marie Elbe, Past President of FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology)