Testing the triple-match principle among Dutch elite athletes:a day-level study on sport demands, detachment and recovery

Objectives Detachment, getting a physical, cognitive, and emotional break from the effortful demands of training and competition, is a recovery experience that can buffer the adverse effects of high sport demands on health and well-being. The matching hypothesis states that recovery strategies are most effective when they match particular sport demands. The main aim of this study was to investigate the matching hypothesis with respect to the relation between daily sport demands, detachment, and recovery state among elite athletes. Design A one-week online daily diary study was conducted. Multi... Mehr ...