Product Description

This will be an excellent reference for coaches, athletes, sports medicine professionals, exercise physiologists, students, sport psychologists, athletic trainers and sports physiotherapists. Through current experts perspectives and athletes personal experiences, the reader gets a broad and engaging account of the intra- and interpersonal aspects of why people overtrain and the outcomes of overtraining. The reader can use this information to better understand the dangers of overtraining and how to prevent it. The 12 chapters in the book cover content in several areas including physiology, psychology, sociology and medicine. The authors have gathered the maps (models of overtraining), the history (research legacy), the population (prevalence of overtraining), the landmarks (major contributions to understanding overtraining), the cultural climate (social factors in overtraining) and the travellers' warnings (risk factors) for this journey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #622498 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Sean Richardson, PhD, completed his doctoral work in sport psychology at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia in 2006. His dissertation research focused on the risk factors for athletic overtraining, stress-life balance and injury. Mark Andersen, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his PhD in psychology with a minor in exercise and sport sciences from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1988. Tony Morris, PhD, is a professor in the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Leeds in England in 1984.