Relaxation techniques in sport

The publication is intended for coaches and performance and fitness athletes, as well as all fans of active lifestyle, fitness, wellness and of course also students of physical education, physiotherapy and all related disciplines. Relaxation techniques represent one of the options of targeted self-regulation in sport psychology, i.e. a way to psychologically streamline and accelerate the recovery processes after training, as well as to tune the current psychological state before performance, in training and in competition. The book explains basic terms such as stress, relaxation, regeneration and current psychological state, provides information on regulatory and self-regulatory techniques in sport and describes individual relaxation techniques: autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation, breathing exercises, relaxation and stretching exercises with a relaxation goal and others, including practical instructions for individual exercises and their appropriate combinations. The book is unique in the field of sport psychology on our market.