As the national organization committed to sharing evidence and thought leadership to inform policy and practice in sport and physical activity in Canada, SIRC wears many hats. Discover what makes SIRC unique:
- Create – How we build knowledge
- Network – Who we reach
- Engage – How we connect communities
- Disseminate – How we get the word out
Learn about SIRC services and key projects through these four pillars, all geared toward our goal of advancing the sport and physical activity sector through knowledge.
The psychology of recovery among endurance athletes
The development of sport performance takes a lot of hard training, and all that training also takes equal amounts of recovery. Recovery is about restoring performance capability after facing stress in various ways, mentally, physically, and socially (Kellmann et al., 2018). Sufficient recovery compensates for stress and spurs further adaptation, while inadequate recovery allows stress to accumulate and increases the risk of outcomes like injury, illness, overtraining, or burnout (Kellmann, 2002). These types of negative training outcomes continue to be […]