The need то take into account functional asymmetry in the initial technical training of young football players: myth or reality?

Relevance In the last 15 years, the Department of Theory and Methodology of Football and Rugby of the Kuban State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism (Head - Associate Professor R.Z. Gakame), together with the Department of Physiology (Head of the Department - Professor E.M. Berdichevskaya), has been developing issues of the possibility of taking into account functional asymmetry in the construction of technical training of young football players (applicant A.A. Semenyukov, Professor A.P. Zolotarev). In this area, since 2006, a number of developments have already been carried out as part of the research work of students (R&D), undergraduates and postgraduates. The aim of the study was to gain new knowledge on the need to take into account the phenomenon of functional asymmetry in the process of initial training in the technique of playing young football players. Research methods: analysis of special literature and program-normative documents, sports and pedagogical testing, pedagogical experiment (ascertaining and forming), pedagogical observation, expert assessment, methods of mathematical statistics. When assessing the level of technical and physical fitness of young football players, both generally accepted software tests and those developed in similar studies were used. The results of the study. According to the results of the study, it was found that at the stage of initial technical training of young football players, from 7 to 8 years old, simultaneous training in the technique of ball possession with both feet brings a more pronounced positive impact in terms of sports skill growth than with the traditional method. Conclusion The analysis of the theoretical foundations of the problem under study has shown that there are currently at least two approaches in the domestic methodology of initial technical training of young football players, taking into account functional asymmetry: 1) the need to take into account sensitive periods for accentuated exposure "through a non-leading leg"; 2) training with an emphasis only on the "non-leading" leg. According to the results of our study, the possibility of initial training in the technique of possession of the ball with simultaneous, the same load, impact on the "comfortable" and "not comfortable" legs is shown. The extremely insufficient scientific elaboration of the problem of functional asymmetry on the example of youth football gives grounds to suggest, in our opinion, the main directions for prospective development.