THE EXPEDIENCY OF THE USE OF THE EXPRESS METHOD OF ESTIMAT-ING THE SOMATIC HEALTH LEVEL OF YOUNG ADOLESCENT ATHLETES BY THE BIOENERGETICS RESERVES

Abstract

Recently, a series of scientific works has been published in accessible literature, in which the authors pronounce a thought that the express method of estimating the level of somatic health by the bioenergetics reserves cannot be used in the estimation of health of highly trained athletes. The reason for that is the specificity of the impact of different sports on the structure of energy metabolism. As for the problem of the quantitative estimation of physical health of young adolescent sportsmen by the bioenergetics reserves, it is still unresearched. The objective – to substantiate the issue concerning expediency/inexpediency of using this method in estimating the somatic health level of young adolescent athletes of 13–16 years old. Methods. Theoretical: analysis of scientific, research and methodological literature concerning the problems of diagnosis of individual health; empiric: pedagogical questioning and observation; peda-gogical experiment: somatometrical and physiometrical studies; analytical: statistics methods. Results. The dynamics of changes of somatic health levels of young sportsmen of Speed-Power sports (group A), endurance sports (group B) and pupils of a general educational institution who do not do sports (group C) has been established by the researches. Conclusions. On the grounds of the conducted researches the authors of the article consider the use of the express method of estimating the somatic health level of young adolescent athletes to be inexpedient in the sports practice, sports medicine and rehabilitation of athletes.