Mesniankin D. Improvement of Rowers’ Integrated Preparedness During the Competitive Period of the Annual Macrocycle

In the qualification thesis for obtaining the third educational and scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy, an integrated training program for junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period was scientifically substantiated, developed, and experimentally verified. The complexity of implementing this approach lies in the limited availability and insufficient development of systematic scientifically grounded approaches to the integration of physical, technical, and tactical preparedness, as well as to the objective monitoring of the dynamics of their indicators in junior under-19 c rowers during the winter competitive period. This determines the necessity to develop effective tools for the comprehensive assessment of the level of integrated preparedness, to create a structural-functional model of integrated preparedness, to develop an integrated training program, and to improve the management system of the training process within the structure of the competitive mesocycle. The purpose of the study is to scientifically substantiate, develop, and experimentally verify an integrated training program for junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period of the annual macrocycle. The object of the study is the training process of junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period of the annual macrocycle. The subject of the study is the content, structure, and organizationalmethodological foundations of integrated training for junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period. Objectives of the study: 1. To conduct a theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature regarding modern approaches to the integrated training of junior under-19 rowers during the competitive period of the annual macrocycle. 2. To determine the specific features of physical, technical, and tactical preparedness indicators in junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period. 3. To develop, scientifically substantiate, and experimentally verify a structural-functional model of integrated training for junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period. 4. To develop a methodology for the comprehensive assessment of the level of integrated preparedness of junior under-19 rowers. 5. To develop practical recommendations for implementing the developed integrated training program into the training process of junior under-19 rowers. Research methods: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature; pedagogical observations; pedagogical experiment; questionnaires; expert evaluation; analysis of competitive activity protocols; testing of physical, tactical, and technical preparedness; methods of mathematical statistics using Student’s t-test and the Wilcoxon test. The pedagogical experiment consisted of ascertaining and formative stages. During the ascertaining stage of the pedagogical experiment, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of physical, technical, and tactical preparedness indicators of rowers were analyzed, and their initial level was determined. During the formative stage of the pedagogical experiment, a structuralfunctional model for improving the integrated preparedness of junior under-19 rowers was substantiated and developed. The model determined the theoretical and methodological foundations for organizing the training process. Pedagogical testing of physical preparedness was applied to assess performance in the 2000 m rowing ergometer test, which made it possible to determine the level of physical preparedness of rowers. Expert evaluation of technical preparedness was used for the quantitative assessment of rowing technique styles and for determining the specific features of athletes’ technical preparedness during the pedagogical experiment. Testing of tactical preparedness was conducted using a specially developed questionnaire and was aimed at determining the level of tactical skills and abilities formation in rowers. Methods of mathematical statistics were applied for processing the obtained results. Scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the following: – for the first time, an experimental integrated training program for junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period was developed, scientifically substantiated, and experimentally verified, providing comprehensive improvement of all components of preparedness; – for the first time, a structural-functional model for improving the integrated preparedness of junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period was developed, aimed at increasing performance in the 2000 m ergometer test; – for the first time, a methodology for assessing the level of integrated preparedness of junior under-19 rowers during the winter competitive period was developed, enabling a comprehensive evaluation of readiness for competitive activity;