Supporting Athlete Development: The Role of Supporting Structures

Dear Colleagues,

In several elite sports, training and match loads have been assessed over the years. However, the supporting structures are not the same for all clubs, sports, and environments. Supporting structures include:

• Training methods;
• Nutrition and supplements;
• Recovery;
• Monitoring, screening, and tracking;
• Medicine;
• Rehabilitation and injury prevention, screening, and planning;
• Strength and conditioning;
• Data analytics.

In this sense, there are questions that still need to be answered, such as:

• How do athlete supporting structures help monitor athlete development?
• How do athlete supporting structures enhance physical development?
• What is the specific role of supporting structures?
• How do supporting structures work in a multidisciplinary approach to enhance athlete performance and healthcare?

Studies from different contexts and sports are welcome. The aim of the present Special Issue is to contribute with knowledge about the screening, planning, monitoring, and training of different exercise components (cardiorespiratory, strength, body composition) and/or about nutritional, recovery, rehab, medicine, and injury prevention strategies, from different structure types in order to provide more practical information to the field. The present Special Issue will accept original research and systematic reviews from all sports. We hypothesize that this Special Issue will generate relevant information about the importance of supporting structures and how they can help athletes and coaches in the specific context of the sport.

Dr. Rafael Oliveira
Guest Editor

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