Estimation of basic parameters of physical development of young football players of the Krasnodar region in the age aspect

The aim of the study was to analyze the main morphological characteristics of young football players at the age from 12 to 18 years who are the students of the children’s sports schools of the Krasnodar region. It was found that the adolescents of all age groups had values within the physiological norm of body mass index. The greatest increase in body length has been determined among young players from 12 to 13 years, to a lesser extent from 13 to 16 years, and in the future these indicators are stabilized. There was an uneven increase in body weight within the considered age range: the significant increase was shown in the age periods of 12-13 years, 14-15 years, 15-16 years and from 16 to 17 years. According to the results of the examination of the chest circumference of young football players, it can be noted that from 12 to 15 years the type of their physique according to the generally recognized classification can be characterized as asthenic, and from 16 years and older - as normosthenic...