Individual training of setting players in teams of female volleyball players at the stage of improving sports skills

Relevance. Work on preparing a set player to a greater extent than that of volleyball players of other roles is carried out individually and should be aimed not only at improving technical and tactical readiness, but also at developing tactical thinking, the ability to quickly make decisions and choose a method of organizing an attack. The purpose of the study is, based on an analysis of the competitive activity of female volleyball players, to develop a basic microcycle of the competitive period, including individual training of set players, and to evaluate its effectiveness in a pedagogical experiment. Research methods. Pedagogical observation and examination of the competitive activity of set players in girls' teams aged 14-15 years. Pedagogical testing of physical and technical-tactical readiness. Pedagogical experiment. Methods of mathematical statistics. Research results. A survey of competitive activity showed that the bulk of the setter's actions are passes performed while standing, with jump passes accounting for 14%. It was revealed that one of the effective game actions - a jump pass after simulating an attack (kickback) - is performed sporadically. Tactical combinations account for only 4% of passes. Based on the indicators of competitive activity and taking into account the results of testing the physical and technical-tactical readiness of female volleyball players, a basic mi-crocycle of training was developed and introduced into the training process. Improvement of specialized actions was carried out in three directions: group and team interactions, practicing techniques in accordance with the player's function. 2 training sessions were devoted to training group interactions, 4 training sessions were allocated to training team interactions, three of them were combined with work on individual plans in accordance with the playing role of each volleyball player. The content of individual training for set players included three multi-directional blocks. Each physical quality in the microcycle was allocated 2 times a week, which corresponded to the maintenance regime.