The methodology of pedagogical control of the physical fitness of acrobats specializing in women’s groups at the pre-competition stage of the annual cycle taking into account the content of their intra-group functions

Relevance. The Kuban School of sports acrobatics is characterized by a high level of achievements of athletes specializing in various types of acrobatics. This statement fully applies to athletes performing in women's groups uniting three acrobats, who differ in the course of performing competitive balance, dynamic and combined compositions by the content of their intra-group functions. The pre-competition stage plays an important role in the structure of the annual macrocycle of sports training of highly qualified acrobats competing in major international competitions. At the same time, the essential role of specialized methods of pedagogical control of the physical fitness of acrobats, taking into account their intra-group functions, is obvious. At the same time, the results of the analysis of scientific and methodological publications on this issue indicate a lack of scientifically sound recommendations on their structure and content. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the structure and content, develop and test in practice the methodology of pedagogical control of physical fitness of highly qualified acrobats specializing in women's groups, taking into account their intra-group functions. Research methods - analysis of scientific and methodological literature, video analysis, pedagogical testing, questionnaires, biomechanical and anatomical analysis, methods of mathematical statistics. The results of the study. Theoretical and empirical data obtained during many years of research allow us to formulate the following generalizations that determine the scientific novelty and practical significance of the developed methodology: - the validity of using the results of acrobats in the main competitions of the annual cycle of sports training as criteria for the information content of the parameters of physical fitness, as well as the quality of performing balance and dynamic compositions, taking into account the intra-group functions of athletes; - the need to apply absolute values of integral and total indicators, as well as their growth rates, as the main criteria for the level of physical fitness of acrobats; - the regulatory framework of the experimental methodology should contain recommendations on formalized values of the level of development of differentiated indicators of physical fitness.