Influence of Different Training Activities on Development of Junior Athletes' Logical Thinking

Mykhailo Khoroshukha,Olena Otravenko,Eduard Yeromenko,Andrii Lytvynenko,Nataliia Terentieva,Oksana Khurtenko,Bogdan Semeniv,Pavlo Tkachenko,Oleksandr Petrachkov,Grygoriy Griban,Zoia Dikhtiarenko

doi:10.13189/saj.2021.090109

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of different training activities on the development of the logical thinking of junior athletes who specialize in various sports. 131 students-athletes and 77 students-non-athletes aged 17-20 took part in the study. They were divided into two experimental groups (group A and group B) and one control group (group C). Group A included 69 students-athletes who were engaged in speed and power sports (boxing, freestyle wrestling, sprinting, hurdling, jumping, throwing). Group B included 62 students-athletes who were engaged in endurance sports (skiing, cycling, swimming). Group C included 77 students of higher education institutions who did not do sports. The study of the athletes' logical thinking was carried out according to the methodology of

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IntroductionIt is known that the effectiveness of sports activities is significantly influenced by the properties of the main nervous processes (strength and functional mobility of nervous processes) and the psychodynamic indicators of the athletes’ organisms [1, 2, 3]
It is known that the effectiveness of sports activities is significantly influenced by the properties of the main nervous processes and the psychodynamic indicators of the athletes’ organisms [1, 2, 3]
The changes in the above-mentioned indicators of the athletes engaged in endurance sports (Table 4) were not significant (р>0.05), but the uptrend was clearly observed in dynamics

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Introduction

It is known that the effectiveness of sports activities is significantly influenced by the properties of the main nervous processes (strength and functional mobility of nervous processes) and the psychodynamic indicators of the athletes’ organisms [1, 2, 3]. The study of this problem will expand the theoretical knowledge to solve some practical issues, such as issues related to the impact of physical exercises of various kinds on the mental abilities of students in terms of optimizing training to ensure effective mental and physical activity, sports selection of children and adolescents to engage them in certain sports, etc. There is evidence that physical activity and sports mostly contribute to the development of the mental function of thinking, which is positively reflected in the development of mental and creative abilities of young people respectively. Other researchers point to the positive impact of physical activity on the creative abilities of young students. Increasing the level of creative abilities of children with the growth of their physical fitness is found in the research by B. Broun [16] conducted testing to identify individuals’ predisposition to develop certain motor skills and found that athletic talent in early childhood is registered among a small number of children (20-40 % of boys and 40-60 % of girls), while the study of the other criteria of sports talent (psychomotor and mental properties of a person) is carried out at later stages of ontogenesis (in adolescence or adulthood)

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