PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING SUPPORT FOR TAEKWONDO ATHLETES IN FOUR-YEAR OLYMPIC CYCLES

Abstract

Introduction. Psychological provision of taekwondo training in four-year Olympic training cycles. The article deals with the problems of psychological support for the training of qualified taekwondo athletes in the Olympic four-year cycles. Analyzed domestic and foreign experience on topical issues of planning and organization of the psychological and pedagogical process in the framework of various structural formations of the training process. Aim – based on the study of special scientific and methodological literature and a survey of experts, determine the problems of psychological provision of qualified taekwondo athletes in the four-year Olympic training cycles. Matherial and methods. Analysis of literary sources and Internet, expert survey, pedagogical observation, content analysis. Results. In the context of intensification of competitive activity in taekwondo and an increase in the level of competition in the international sports arena, the need to improve the general system of training Olympic athletes in four-year cycles by optimizing the process of psychological provision is emphasized. Various approaches and forms of psychological provision for the training of athletes in Olympic sports have been established. The features of the psychological provision of training athletes in the framework of the process of long-term improvement are considered. It is pointed out that it is necessary to plan psychological provision for the training of taekwondo athletes in four-year cycles, taking into account the content and pedagogical tasks of specific periods of training. The importance of planning a continuous long-term work of a psychologist during the training of athletes in four-year Olympic cycles is emphasized.