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Smart Soccer Recovery

The Science of Playing Fresh When It Matters Most

The first book dedicated entirely to recovery science for soccer — built on 205 peer-reviewed studies and organized around a single, periodized framework that tells you exactly what to do, when to do it, and why most of what you're doing now isn't working.

• Recovery Periodization — the master framework and the 6-Hour Rule
• Hour-by-hour protocols for match day evening, MD+1, and congested fixtures
• Sleep as the master tool — Sleep Banking, the Nappuccino, and wearable accuracy
• Nutrition for speed — the 3Rs protocol with specific g/kg targets
• Female-specific recovery — a symptom-led approach
• Mental fatigue protocols — nature exposure, cognitive unloading, mindfulness
• Monitoring from zero-cost to GPS — Triangulation Method and EWMA-based ACWR
• 19 myths sorted — Confirmed, Plausible, or Busted

26 chapters · 205 annotated references · Season-long periodization templates