Indicators of the pre-game state of qualified football players, affecting on the effectiveness of competitive activities

Relevance. In football, the issue of taking into account the indicators of individual competitive activity when determining the starting lineup of the team for the upcoming meeting has been studied relatively well. The issue of finding informative indicators of the current pre-game state of qualified players that allow selecting for the starting lineup of the team those players who are most ready to implement the required parameters of collective competitive activity in the upcoming match remains relevant and to the present. To substantiate the composition of informative indicators of the current pre-game state of qualified players as criteria for completing the starting lineup of the team for the upcoming match. Methods: literature analysis, pedagogical control of competitive activity, myotonometry, spirometry, reactionometry, measurement of electrocutaneous resistance, measurement of the critical frequency of fusion of light flickers, tepping test, modified troika technique and mathematical statistics. Results. The determination of the criteria for recruiting the starting lineup of the team for the upcoming game on that day was carried out by correlation analysis between the indicators of the current pre-game state of qualified players, registered a few hours before the meeting, and the competitive activity of the team in the match won on the same day. Informative indicators of the current pre-game state of qualified players have been established as criteria for completing the starting lineup of the team for the match with the following options for its holding: within the framework of the tournament; at home at the end of a small inter-game cycle; at home to complete a large inter-game cycle; on the field of the rival at the end of the small inter-game cycle; on the field of the rival at the end of a large inter-game cycle. Conclusion. The informativeness of the indicators of the current pre-game state recorded by qualified football players on the day of the game, which are distinguished by a significant positive impact on the parameters of collective competitive activity in the upcoming match, has been substantiated, which makes it possible to use them as criteria when completing the starting lineup of the team for the game within the framework of the tournament or at the end of inter-game cycles of different durations.