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Coping strategies preferred by adolescents when managing stress in sport − pilot study

Table 1:

Title Definition Performance limits Result
Functional overreaching(FOR) Includes a higher training preparation resulting in temporary decrease in performance and increase in performance after relaxation. Days − weeks Positive (supercom-pensation)
Nonfunctional overreaching (NFOR) Intensive training leads to long-term decrease in performance, but energy is fully restored after sufficient relaxation and is accompanied by more intense psychological and/or neuroendocrinological symptoms. Weeks − months Negative (considering the symptoms and loss of training time)
Overtraining syndrome (OTS) Includes extreme non-functional overstrain with a long-time decrease in performance (>2 months); it has more serious symptomatology and physiological maladaptation (influencing the mental state and neurological, endocrine and immunological systems) as well as other stressors inexplicable by different illnesses. Months Negative (considering the symptoms and possible end of sporting career)
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