Baldzhy I. Historical and organizational-methodological foundations of the development of the olympic movement in the Dnepropetrovsk region during the ХІХ – ХХІ centuries

In a dissertation presents a general description of the international Olympic movement, its revival and its formation at the present stage; the main elements of the international Olympic sport, their tasks and directions of activity are considered. The scientific literature on issues concerning various aspects of the development of the Olympic movement has been analyzed and summarized. A theoretical analysis of the scientific and methodological literature indicates that the olympic movement in Ukraine is an important component of the International olympic movement. The dissertation highlights historical prerequisites for the birth of the physical-sports movement in Katerynoslav Region, examines the system of physical education in educational institutions, analyzes the activity of the sports and gymnastic society "Sokil" and it`s role in the development of certain sports; the activity of the Universal as the governing body of physical culture and sports is considered. The peculiarities of the development of sports that emerged at the end of the ХІХ century - the beginning of the ХХ century are revealed; studied organizational, methodological, logistical and personnel supporting of athletes training in olympic kinds of sports. A comparative analysis of the development of individual olympic kinds of sports is carried out and the factors that determine the effectiveness of the preparation of athletes for participation in the Olympic games (organization of training process, material and technical security, preparation of qualified coaching staff, modern system of preparation of reserve teams, choice by priority kinds of sports). The analysis of the development of the system of children's and youth sports for improving the efficiency of preparation athletes-candidates for the national teams of olympic kinds of sports at separate stages of the development of the olympic movement in Dnepropetrovsk; the role of public organizations (regional and city sections on sports), scientific and methodological councils, coaching councils on scientific and methodological supporting in the development of the olympic movement is highlighted, and the role of the system of course education as the main form of training at the stage of formation of sports and olympic sports is defined movement in the Dnepropetrovsk region (1930 - 1960's). The peculiarities of the organization of the training of athletes for the olympic kinds of sports in 1970-1980 and during the years of independence of Ukraine are studied. The directions of professional development of athletes of Dnepropetrovsk region are determined in olympic kinds of sport. The directions of improving the training of athletes in the Dnepropetrovsk region for Olympic (priority) sports were determined and an expert evaluation was conducted to evaluate the prospects of their implementation. Perspective of realization of directions of improvement of the organization training of athletes is confirmed by the results of the evaluation of experts, who acted as representatives of state and public organizations of the sphere of physical culture and sports (Branch of NOC of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region, Department of youth and sports of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration, Department of sport Council, Department of Family, Youth and Sports Department of Kryvyi Rih City Council) in the number of 15 people. The results show the consistency of the experts' opinion (93.3% by Kendall coefficient) regarding their effectiveness and implementation.