The quest to reach peak athletic performance at the appropriate time is the goal for all athletes and coaches. During the athlete’s preparation or season, athlete and coach need to manipulate the various components of several different training paradigms and all beside components (e.g., recovery processes, nutrition) to maximize their effectiveness and progressivity up to the competitive objective(s). However, all athletes respond differently to the training stresses. Managing the individual athlete becomes one of the largest challenges for the coach to avoid spiraling into nonfunctional overreaching then overtraining syndrome. This inevitably results in reduced athletic performance with accompanying (not always) physiological and psychological symptoms. Often, the use of various assessments, whether they be biochemical, physiological, psychological or performance, are conducted to provide some quantifiable approach to reducing the risk for overtraining.
The aims of this Research Topic are to examine cutting edge methods to assess athlete performance and minimize issues associated with the overtraining syndrome. Advances in technology, whether it be wearables (e.g., global positioning systems [GPS]), or other physiological and psychological variables that can provide real time measures of training and overall stress is highly sought. In addition, assessment programs that can provide practical methods of determining athlete’s risk is also desired. Research examining training program manipulation (e.g., periodization) would also be welcome. Studies using a multidisciplinary approach would have great impact upon the focus of this Research Topic. For example, the use of various psychological questionnaires (e.g., visual analog scales), wearables (e.g., GPS devices) in combination with various physiological measurements would be particularly relevant. Ideally, these studies would be conducted using an athletic population participating in a competitive environment. Underrepresented sports and female athletes would also constitute an asset for the understanding of the overtraining syndrome.
• The use of wearables and/or novel technologies in monitoring competitive athletes and their efficacy in representing physiological strain during training and competition.
• The use of biochemical/physiological and psychological measurements of athlete performance for real time monitoring and diagnostic of overtraining syndrome. Is there any causative effect?
• Practical methods for coaches in the monitoring of their athletes and/or diagnosis of overtraining syndrome.
Contributors are welcome to address their work as original research, case study, review, methods, conceptual analysis, data and brief research/technical report, perspectives and opinions.
The quest to reach peak athletic performance at the appropriate time is the goal for all athletes and coaches. During the athlete’s preparation or season, athlete and coach need to manipulate the various components of several different training paradigms and all beside components (e.g., recovery processes, nutrition) to maximize their effectiveness and progressivity up to the competitive objective(s). However, all athletes respond differently to the training stresses. Managing the individual athlete becomes one of the largest challenges for the coach to avoid spiraling into nonfunctional overreaching then overtraining syndrome. This inevitably results in reduced athletic performance with accompanying (not always) physiological and psychological symptoms. Often, the use of various assessments, whether they be biochemical, physiological, psychological or performance, are conducted to provide some quantifiable approach to reducing the risk for overtraining.
The aims of this Research Topic are to examine cutting edge methods to assess athlete performance and minimize issues associated with the overtraining syndrome. Advances in technology, whether it be wearables (e.g., global positioning systems [GPS]), or other physiological and psychological variables that can provide real time measures of training and overall stress is highly sought. In addition, assessment programs that can provide practical methods of determining athlete’s risk is also desired. Research examining training program manipulation (e.g., periodization) would also be welcome. Studies using a multidisciplinary approach would have great impact upon the focus of this Research Topic. For example, the use of various psychological questionnaires (e.g., visual analog scales), wearables (e.g., GPS devices) in combination with various physiological measurements would be particularly relevant. Ideally, these studies would be conducted using an athletic population participating in a competitive environment. Underrepresented sports and female athletes would also constitute an asset for the understanding of the overtraining syndrome.
• The use of wearables and/or novel technologies in monitoring competitive athletes and their efficacy in representing physiological strain during training and competition.
• The use of biochemical/physiological and psychological measurements of athlete performance for real time monitoring and diagnostic of overtraining syndrome. Is there any causative effect?
• Practical methods for coaches in the monitoring of their athletes and/or diagnosis of overtraining syndrome.
Contributors are welcome to address their work as original research, case study, review, methods, conceptual analysis, data and brief research/technical report, perspectives and opinions.
