Enhancing Recovery

Michael Kellmann, PhD, is an assistant professor in the faculty of sport science at the University of Bochum in Germany. He completed his habilitation at the University of Potsdam in Germany in January 2002. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology and Psychology in High Performance Sports. He serves on the executive board of the German Association of Sport Psychology and the editorial board for The Sport Psychologist. Dr. Kellmann's works have appeared in more than 50 publications, and he is coauthor of the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes: User Manual. He has consulted with and conducted research for the National Sport Center in Calgary, Canada, the Canadian national speed skating team, and the German junior national rowing team. Dr. Kellmann lives in Potsdam, Germany, and enjoys running and playing soccer. For more information about the work of Dr. Kellmann, please log on to http: //sposerver.sportdekanat.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sportpsych/

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.