Romoldanova I. Control of the psychological preparedness of the qualifications in qualified taekwondo fighters in the four-year training cycle

The scientific substantiation and creation of a holistic mechanism for monitoring the state of psychological preparedness of qualified taekwondo athletes during the four-year training period was an important component of improving the process of training qualified taekwondo athletes. The purpose of the work: to scientifically substantiate and present a mechanism for controlling the psychological preparedness of qualified taekwondo players in four-year cycles of training. Objectives of the research: 1) To define the role and place of psychological support and control of sportsmen's preparedness in martial arts (according to the literature). 2) To define a priority value and to systematize psychological properties and qualities of a personality of qualified taekwondoists for the purpose of their further control in the process of four-year Olympic preparation. 3) To establish the peculiarities of the level of manifestation of psychological qualities and properties in sportsmen of different age and sex during the four-year training cycle and to establish their interrelation with the efficiency of competitive activity. 4) To substantiate the algorithm of organization and to present the stage structure of the mechanism of psychological control of psychological preparedness of qualified taekwondoists in four-year training cycles. Object of study: psychological support of taekwondo training in four-year Olympic cycles. The subject of the study: control of the psychological readiness of qualified taekwondo players in four-year cycles of training. Research methods: theoretical analysis, generalization of scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical observation of the activities of qualified taekwondo players, surveys, methods of psychological diagnostics, method of expert evaluations, methods of mathematical statistics. Scientific novelty:  psychological properties and personality qualities of qualified taekwondoists were systematized for the first time and their priority importance was established during the control of psychological readiness during four-year training cycles;  for the first time the general algorithm of organization of psychological control of preparedness of qualified taekwondoists in four-year cycles of Olympic preparation is presented;  for the first time the stage structure of the mechanism of psychological control of the preparedness of qualified taekwondoists in four-year cycles of Olympic training was developed and substantiated;  determined the level of manifestation of significant psychological properties and qualities of qualified taekwondo players of different ages and genders;  the factor structure of psychological preparedness of taekwondoists of different age and sex was determined for the first time;  for the first time the interrelations between the level of psychological preparedness of qualified taekwondoists and the effectiveness of their competitive activity in official fights were established;  the data reflecting the dynamics of changes in the indicators of psychological preparedness of qualified taekwondo players during four-year training cycles are presented;  confirmed the data on the influence of psychological properties of qualified taekwondo players on competitive activity;  supplemented data on the peculiarities of competitive activity in taekwondo;  the data on the importance of psychological training in martial arts were supplemented;  confirmed the provisions on the importance of systematic use of means and methods of sports training in modern sports.