Coping strategies and emotional intelligence as resources for competitive reliability of gymnasts specializing in rhythmic gymnastics

Relevance. In the context of professional sports, characterized by intense competition, the role of competitive reliability of athletes is growing. Thanks to this phenomenon, the athlete's performance is sustainable in extreme conditions of competitive activity. In this connection, the question arises about what features make it possible for an athlete to fully realize his resources. The study presents the role of emotional intelligence and coping strategies in the competitive reliability of gymnasts. The purpose of the study is to analyze coping strategies and emotional intelligence as resources for competitive reliability of gymnasts. Research methods: Methods for diagnosing the psychological reliability of an athlete (V.E. Milman); coping strategies (R. Lazarus) and emotional intelligence (N. Hall). Methods of mathematical statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient). Research results and discussion. Analysis of the level of development of sports reliability, emotional intelligence and coping strategies revealed the following: gymnasts show moderate emotional arousal and susceptibility to interference, readiness for self-realization, a stable internal functional state; the ability to correctly recognize and assess one's emotional state is at a low level; management of one's emotions, self-motivation and recognition of the emotions of others are most pronounced; less pronounced - emotional awareness, empathy; Constructive coping dominates over non-constructive coping. The resourcefulness of emotional intelligence is weakly expressed, as it manifests itself only in the negative connection between self-motivation and noise immunity. The significance of coping strategies is more obvious, which confirms the need to maintain sports results precisely under stress.