Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sports science support staff: A potential avenue to improve athlete sleep?

Miles, Kathleen H.; Clark, Bradley C.; Fowler, Peter; Miller, Joanna; Pumpa, Kate

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2019.01.008

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“…The data reinforce the need for player and staff education regarding the importance of sleep relative to various aspects of athlete development, training, competition, recovery and health, and the need for regular sleep focused screening, monitoring and assessment within athletes; particularly within team sports athletes. Miles et al 20 identified barriers to such an approach (mainly lack of resources, busy schedule and lack of knowledge of sleep hygiene) to promote/incorporate healthy sleep behaviour among soccer teams. Providing player and practitioner focused palatable educational resources may facilitate building a culture of healthy sleep behaviours and hygiene within a soccer team environment.…”

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“…However, aside from data on adolescent academy soccer players14 there is a paucity of evidence to inform practice, particularly from professional soccer players in the Middle East. Indeed, despite having adequate knowledge of the relationship between sleep and athletic performance, less than half of professional teams surveyed monitored sleep in their players or promoted sleep hygiene 20. Therefore, ascertaining the qualitative sleep characteristics and prevalence of sleep disorders from adult professional soccer players and associated factors would be of benefit to, and inform the practice of, practitioners within the Middle East.…”

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Inter-relationship between sleep quality, insomnia and sleep disorders in professional soccer players

Khalladi

Farooq

Souissi

et al. 2019

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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ObjectiveInsufficient sleep duration and quality has negative effects on athletic performance, injury susceptibility and athlete development. This study aimed to assess the sleep characteristics of professional Qatar Stars League (QSL) soccer players.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, QSL players (n=111; 23.7±4.8 years) completed three questionnaires to screen sleep disorders: (1) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), (2) Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and (3) Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Poor sleep quality was defined as PSQI≥5, excessive daytime sleepiness was defined by ESS>8 and insomnia was defined as ISI≥11.ResultsThe prevalence of poor sleep quality (PSQI≥5) was 68.5%, with subthreshold insomnia (ISI≥11) 27.0% and daytime sleepiness 22.5% (ESS>8). Sleep quality was positively associated with insomnia (r=0.42, p<0.001) and daytime sleepiness (r=0.23, p=0.018). Age, anthropometry, body composition and ethnicity were not associated with any of the reported sleep quality parameters.ConclusionThe prevalence of poor sleep quality (68.5%) reported should concern practitioners. Increasing awareness of the importance of sleep relative to athletic performance, recovery, injury and illness appears prudent. Further, regular qualitative/quantitative sleep monitoring may help target subsequent evidence-informed interventions to improve sleep in those demonstrating undesirable sleep traits.

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Inter-relationship between sleep quality, insomnia and sleep disorders in professional soccer players

Khalladi

Farooq

Souissi

et al. 2019

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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“…barriers being lack of sleep knowledge. 157 It is important for practitioners to seek out and access accurate sleep information specific to athletes in the form of seminars, manuscripts and other evidence-based modes when preparing athlete sleep education. Promoting sleep information specific to the athlete's sport such as sleep need, adjusting to training times and emphasis on the impact of sleep on performance is key to create buy-in and behavioural change.…”

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Sleep and the athlete: narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations

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Elite athletes are particularly susceptible to sleep inadequacies, characterised by habitual short sleep (<7 hours/night) and poor sleep quality (eg, sleep fragmentation). Athletic performance is reduced by a night or more without sleep, but the influence on performance of partial sleep restriction over 1–3 nights, a more real-world scenario, remains unclear. Studies investigating sleep in athletes often suffer from inadequate experimental control, a lack of females and questions concerning the validity of the chosen sleep assessment tools. Research only scratches the surface on how sleep influences athlete health. Studies in the wider population show that habitually sleeping <7 hours/night increases susceptibility to respiratory infection. Fortunately, much is known about the salient risk factors for sleep inadequacy in athletes, enabling targeted interventions. For example, athlete sleep is influenced by sport-specific factors (relating to training, travel and competition) and non-sport factors (eg, female gender, stress and anxiety). This expert consensus culminates with a sleep toolbox for practitioners (eg, covering sleep education and screening) to mitigate these risk factors and optimise athlete sleep. A one-size-fits-all approach to athlete sleep recommendations (eg, 7–9 hours/night) is unlikely ideal for health and performance. We recommend an individualised approach that should consider the athlete’s perceived sleep needs. Research is needed into the benefits of napping and sleep extension (eg, banking sleep).

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“…Thus, coaches and managers of esports teams who usually make important decisions about the athletes' lifestyle and training schedule should be incorporated into planning of sleep interventions for these athletes. This participation would improve their knowledge of sleep and also monitoring of their own sleep, which is important in promoting a top-down healthy sleep culture [50,51].…”

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Risk Factors and Sleep Intervention Considerations in Esports: A Review and Practical Guide

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Esports is a booming global industry and has been officially included in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Given that esports is a cognitive based activity, and sleep is well known to be critical for optimal cognitive functioning, our research group recently proposed that sleep might be an important determinant of esports performance. The focus of the current review was to expand our limited understanding regarding the role of sleep in esports by exploring risk factors for suboptimal sleep and developing an associated intervention framework. More specifically, we aimed to 1) examine how gaming culture and game genre might negatively influence sleep behaviour, 2) describe a conceptual model to explain how sub-optimal sleep occurs in esports, and 3) outline sleep intervention considerations that specifically meet the needs of esports athletes. We conclude that gaming culture and game genre could both impact the sleep behaviour of esports athletes, via cognitive and behavioural mechanisms. Furthermore, adapting Spielman's three-factor model to esports may provide a useful and easy to understand conceptualisation for sub-optimal sleep in esports. Lastly, sleep interventions for traditional athletes can be suitably modified for esports but must be comprehensive and extend from a theoretically grounded conceptual model.

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Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sports science support staff: A potential avenue to improve athlete sleep?

Cited by 41 publications

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Inter-relationship between sleep quality, insomnia and sleep disorders in professional soccer players

Inter-relationship between sleep quality, insomnia and sleep disorders in professional soccer players

Sleep and the athlete: narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations

Risk Factors and Sleep Intervention Considerations in Esports: A Review and Practical Guide

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