Formation of psychological motivation of young athletes for sports activities

Relevance. In the article the authors consider the current problems, which coaches and sports psychologists are facing today in terms of athletes’ training not only physical and tactical, but also psychological ones. One of these tasks is the development of motivation for professional activity and a state of readiness for precompetitive factors. Research aim. The research aim is a theoretical and applied analysis of psychological characteristics of the development of motivation of young athletes to professional activities. Research methods. The team of authors conducted an experimental study of the main motivation factors for students of the specialty «Physical education and sports» in accordance with the methodology of V. I. Tropnikov. The test objects were students of the 3-4 year of education of the specialty «Physical education and sports» (200 respondents). 109 indicators to identify motivation for sports have been used in the study. Research results. The results of the study showed that the main tasks of psychological support for the training of young athletes are: formation and consolidation of moral aspects of a personality; formation and consolidation of positive motivation for sports achievements; training and volitional training of athletes; formation of values of collective (team) unity...