New in training system of athletes in bobsleigh, swimming, cycling and weightlifting (on materials of the foreign press)

The modern system of training of highly skilled athletes includes the scientific and methodical support assuming obtaining information on the current cumulative changes in an organism of athletes, dynamics of indicators of all parts of readiness, extra training and out of competition factors as an obligatory component. This information often is confidential, but in some cases its separate fragments are published in the open press that allows to gain general idea about the state of the issue in foreign sport. The analysis of 68 sources of foreign periodicals is carried out in the article. The priority directions of modern researches reflecting various parts of technical training, features of the organization and creation of training process, and also other essential aspects of training of highly skilled athletes in bobsled, swimming, road cycling races and weightlifting are revealed. Studied data have multibranch character and reveal features of athletes training from positions of psychological, pedagogical, medical, biological and technical researches. Foreign experts have great material and technical resources and capabilities in this area. Therefore, scientific-methodological and practical experience of leading scientists, professionals and coaches working with highly skilled athletes of the world is a valuable source of information and new knowledge in the sphere of elite sport. Completed translations of foreign publications can be recommended for the edition of the methodical materials addressed to coaches of national teams and sports federations and also to use in the course of training and retraining of personnel.