The prolonged stress in sports activities and its prevention

This article is devoted to the influence of prolonged stress on the functional condition of sportsmen, accompanies them throughout the process of sports activities. The necessity of a gradual carrying out of psychological training of sportsmen, in the basis of which is the prevention of the negative impact of prolonged stress. Discusses the main stages of psychological support of sports activities, the impact of stress-inducing factors at each of the stages, the specificity of the techniques of self-regulation for athletes with a variety of individually-типологическими features.