Pavlos' O. Improvingthe training ofathleteswithmentaldisabilitiesonthe training program forSpecialOlympics

Object - the sport training of people with mental disabilities according to the program of Special Olympics; purpose - to improve educational and training processes of the athletes with mental disabilities in priority-representative sports in Special Olympics through the usage of copyright training programs in Ukraine; methods: theoretical analysis and synthesis of information, scientific and methodological literature and experimental data; survey (questionnaire); documentary methods; teacher observation; expert evaluation method; pedagogical experiment; methods of mathematical statistics; novelty - to define the priority-representative of Special Olympics sports in Ukraine; to demonstrate the methods of improving training Special Olympics programs; to demonstrate the structure and content of Special Olympics training programs for improving the training of the athlete with mental disabilities in basketball, athletics and cross country skiing taking into account the fundamental contributions in training of the athletes in Olympic sports, nosological characteristics of the persons with mental disabilities and meeting the requirements of the International Special Olympics for the organization of training process; demonstrated and systematized criteria of general physical and technical preparedness of the athletes with mental disabilities; results - was established that within the Special Olympics were expressed the nosological features not only as a training system for athletes but also as their preparedness; Was established the priority-representative sports in Ukraine that are supported by the international organization of Special Olympics; Was analyzed the evolution of the structure and content of the training programs of Special Olympics basketball, athletics and cross country skiing; Were identified the ways of improving training programs; Were developed author's training programs for priority-representative Special Olympics sports in Ukraine (basketball, track and field, cross country skiing); Were established that the growth of technical indicators and overall physical preparedness of the athletes confirms the effectiveness of training programs with copyright-priority representative of Special Olympics sports in Ukraine; field - physical education and sport.