Methods of forming volitional qualities of adolescent powerlifters: personality-oriented approach

The article is devoted to practical issues of the psychology of sports and a methodical approach to the strong-willed training of athletes. Volitional qualities are the leading personality traits of a weightlifter, ensuring the reliability and effectiveness of training and competitive activities in this sport. Obstacles to achieving sports goals and winning victories are successfully overcome only with an optimal level of technical, physical and intellectual psychological readiness of an athlete. They require him to master the methods of self-control and self-regulation of «negative» mental states and reactions of the body, which is directly related to level of development of volitional qualities of a person. The article discusses the new forms and methods of developing the personal characteristics of adolescent powerlifters, as well as the pedagogical conditions for effective sports activities aimed at records and outstanding achievements. The specificity of the original author's methodology is an individual approach to the training and educational process on the basis of student-centered trainings.