Рsychological preparation of athletes for competitions

Abstract

In this article, the author examines the issue of psychological preparation of athletes. It is known that successful performance in competitions depends not only on the high level of physical, technical and tactical readiness of the athlete, but also on his psychological readiness. Indeed, in order to fully realize their physical, technical and tactical abilities, skills and abilities, and in addition, to open up reserve capabilities as an indispensable element of the competition, an athlete needs to be psychologically prepared for certain conditions of sports activity. This is due to the fact that practice shows many examples when an athlete is fully ready to win a medal according to pre-competitive indicators, but due to insufficient psychological preparedness, he loses to his opponent at the crucial moment. In this regard, the psychological preparation of athletes for the competition is one of the pressing issues of training high-class athletes not only in Kazakhstan, but throughout the world.
The article provides generalized information about the types and methods of psychological
preparation of athletes for competitions.