Features of Interaction of Volleyball Team Athletes in the Process of Game Activity

The article discusses the main psychological approaches to the analysis of interaction of personalities. The article considers the structure of volleyball players’ joint activities in the game, characterizes their interaction. Interaction is understood as an action of two or more persons in relation to each other, determined by the unity of the object, place and time of their activities. The empirical study revealed the peculiarities of interaction between volleyball athletes in game activity, as well as mental and socio-psychological causes of interaction disorders of the athletes. Interaction between volleyball athletes has its own peculiarities: it is a game, sports interaction. By its nature, it is very intense and fleeting, being a product of persistent and systematic training. Interaction is carried out according to the most diverse schemes, chains and combinations. Disorder is generated by erroneous actions of players caused by a low level of interaction. An important psychological and pedagogical condition for the formation and development of team interactivity is systematic training.