Athletes are exposed to various psychological and physiological stressors, such as losing
matches and high training loads. Understanding and improving the resilience of athletes is …

Talent development is a key topic in sport psychology research and practice. To evaluate
what we currently know about the development of talent, this systematic review used a two …

Objective We surveyed coaches' views on topics related to the training process to elucidate
whether their opinions are aligned with the current literature. Here the results for a sub-set of …

Background The planning of training is a popular yet controversial topic among coaches and
sports scientists. Periodisation is often presented in the literature as the most efficacious …

Elite athletes are high-performance outliers within their specific sports. Even though science
seeks to understand the nature of expertise and elite performance, much knowledge …

Background The main task of applied sport science is to inform decision-making in sports
practice, that is, enabling practitioners to compare the expectable outcomes of different …

Although stressors are frequently linked to several negative health outcomes, experiencing
stressors may be necessary for enhancing performance. At present, the literature is lacking a …

While much research has focused on the deleterious effects of stress on goal-directed
behavior in recent decades, current views increasingly discuss growth under stress, often …

The current literature on resilience shows a trend toward a dynamic process
conceptualization, moving away from the previous trait-approach. However, the term …

This paper argues for a person‐centered approach in developmental science and presents
theoretical and empirical techniques to help shift the focus to the individual. The need for a …