Features of psychological training of athletes for competitive activity in strength sports

Abstract

The article emphasizes that the psychological preparation of athletes to participate in competitive activities is a complex process of sports improvement. Emphasis is placed on the athlete's ability to overcome unexpected obstacles, to control himself, to quickly assess the situation, make decisions and implement them. The main measures of general and special psychological training and mechanisms of psychological protection against negative actions during competitions of athletes specializing in power sports are analyzed.
 It is noted that in power sports the conditions in which competitions take place differ from the conditions of training sessions. Coaches and psychologists should train athletes not only physically and tactically, but also develop their ability to withstand many pre-competitive and competitive factors that have a disorganizing effect and cause a mismatch of functions, ie reduce reliability in competitive activities. It is determined that the main components of achieving results in strength sports are: physical shape, technical and psychological training.
 Preparation for the start can be carried out at low energy consumption or, conversely, at high power consumption in a state of strong excitation. These differences in intensity can be assessed as follows: from a purely subjective point of view - then talk about the degree of immersion in preparation for the activity; from an objective point of view - then it is necessary to determine the level of nervous and somatic functioning, which underlies the state of readiness of the athlete. In this context, we should consider the concept of activation, which simultaneously means a rapid increase in the activity of the central nervous system, and the resulting intensification of peripheral processes. It is indisputable that the more extreme the competition, the more intense the athlete's mechanisms of activation of mental and physiological functions, which directly affect the effectiveness of performance. Moreover, this happens in an arbitrary (or even involuntary) mode.
 Before the responsible start the installation connected with expectation of the most probable result of competitions is formed. Often the installation is formed on an unconscious level, but the more complex in its structure is the future activit y, the more in the formed formation is dominated by conscious, volitional components.