Early detection of UUPS difficult.

Individual Monitoring•Performance•Mood State•Resting Heart Rate•Heart Rate Variability

•Hydration & Nutrition

Training DiaryWorksheet

Diar

y

Recording What• Workload– Rest to Heavy

• Training Time– Sports Specific– Conditioning– Recovery

• Competition and Travel

• Fatigue Index– Felt Good, OK,

Tired stiff

• Mood Index– Great, Good, Not

Good

• Stress• Health and Well

Being– Sick, injured,

lethargic• Sleep

– Restless, Hours• Heart Rate

– Resting and body weight

• Food– Quantity and quality

• Hydration– Intake and Urine

Colour

V Heavy

Heavy

Moderate

Light

Rest Off

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

4 5 6 7

Day

Date

Week

WORKLOAD

M T W T F S S M T W T

Day

Date

Week

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

4 5 6 7

Sports Specific

Conditioning

Recovery

Daily Total

Weekly Total

M T W T F S S M T W T60 45 90 70 45

45 60 45 45 60

60 30 45 60 30

105 105 60 120 90 0 70

Training Time

550

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

4 5 6 7

Day

Date

Week

Felt Good

OkayTired/ Sore/

Fatigue Index

M T W T F S S M T W T

Mood IndexGreat

OkayNot Good

M T W T F S S M T W T

HEALTH & WellSICK

INJUREDLETHARGIC

M T W T F S S M T W T

x x

x x

x x

Heart RateHydration

45 55 62 66 70 76 58 49 48 44 45

3 3 4 2 3.5 3.5 3 4 2 2.5 3

L D L C C L C D L C C

C- Clear, L – Light Yellow, D – Dark Yellow

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

4 5 6 7

Day

Date

Week

Monitoring, Predicting,

Avoiding

ABOUT THE STUDY•Social psychological perspective•Evaluate intervention strategies •Eades (1991) Athletic Burnout Inventory

•Target Group 16 –23 yrs•Quantify the issues and problems

Player – Armagh U21

Can’t wait for the final to be over next week.

I am ‘scundered’…..I have been playing football non

stop for three years. The biggest break I have had is ten days at Christmas about two

years ago

Thoughts so far?1.Collecting the evidence2.Need to revise competition

strategies3.Need to review how we prepare

players4.Need and Off season5.What are your thoughts about your

player?

For the Player

‘Can’t take a rest, I’d loose my place’

‘I have 14 Different Coaches

and a Lump on my Knee’

Under 16

BURNOUT is a Reality

Thank YouDr. Eugene Young, Sports Institute

Northern IrelandNational Conference

DCU, November 2004

Theory to Practice