1st Edition
Recovery and Well-being in Sport and Exercise
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.
Biography
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.
‘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)






