Psychological Support In Elite Sport As A Component Of An Athlete's Success

Abstract

The article raises one of the urgent problems in modern sports of the highest achievements-the problem of psychological support for the superiority of athletes, and is considered as one of the priority directions of state policy. Modern sport is distinguished by a significant intensity of training loads, a reduction in time limits in the preparation of athletes and a great personal responsibility, both of a coach and an athlete, for the result in competitions of various levels. In this regard, there is a need for psychological support of athletes at all stages of sports activity in order to form stress resistance, an active life position, a competitive and healthy personality. The article presents the results of the study, the purpose of which was to reveal the severity of the manifestations of emotional states in athletes in the conditions of the training process. The sample of the study consisted of 1545 athletes: students of sports schools of the Olympic reserve, children and youth schools, national teams of the Sverdlovsk region, Masters of sports, Candidates for master of sports, athletes with I, II, III categories at the age of 14-18, of which the proportion of boys accounted for 68.5 %, girls accounted for 31.5 %. The analysis of the results led to the following conclusion. Despite the rather high positive results and a positive prognosis for success in competitions, some athletes have an unfavorable prognosis even at the training stage.