Season suspension and summer extension: Unique opportunity for professional team-sport athletes and support staff during and following the COVID-19 crisis
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Article Title | Season suspension and summer extension: Unique opportunity for professional team-sport athletes and support staff during and following the COVID-19 crisis |
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ERA Journal ID | 212570 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Huyghe, Thomas G. (Author), Bird, Stephen P. (Author), Calleja-Gonzalez, Julio (Author) and Alcaraz, Pedro E. (Author) |
Journal Title | Frontiers in Sports and Active Living |
Journal Citation | 2 (98) |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISSN | 2624-9367 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00098 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2020.00098/full |
Abstract | Given the emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak, the official declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, and its consequential disruptions on the professional team sports landscape, it is the main objective of this brief opinion to help ensure that professional team-sport athletes and support staff remain aware as a society of some of the potential pitfalls – illustrated via negative but plausible detrimental scenarios. Finally, new ideas are introduced and evidence-based hypotheses are presented on the following five themes: periodization, exploration, virtual (at-home) training, player monitoring, and continued education, including return-to-competition preparation strategies following these exceptional times of uncharted territory. |
Keywords | COVID-19; Sport |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420702. Exercise physiology |
320225. Sports medicine | |
Byline Affiliations | Catholic University of Murica, Spain |
School of Health and Wellbeing | |
University of the Basque Country, Spain | |
Open access url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2020.00098/full |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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