Building competitive programs for highly qualified gymnasts in floor exercises

Relevance. The article presents the results of a study to determine the competitive program of gymnasts in floor exercises. The current state of gymnastics imposes high demands not only on the complexity of individual gymnastic elements, but also on the content and construction of holistic competitive sports and gymnastic compositions. Floor exercises in women's gymnastics are performed to musical accompaniment, when during the 90 seconds allotted by the Rules of the competition, the gymnast must perform a composition, with correctly placed accents not only on the distribution of elements of various groups of difficulty over the area of the carpet, but also in their harmonious combination with music. At the same time, increasing complexity only by "acrobatization" of exercises can lead to their unification and affect the expressiveness of performance. Thus, in order to compile a specific competitive program, tasks related to the creation of a rationally constructed, artistically executed composition at a high level of performing skill should be solved. The purpose of the study. To determine the features of building competitive programs in floor exercises of highly qualified gymnasts. Research methods. Analysis of scientific and methodological literature, mathematical statistics method, questionnaire method, video analysis. The results of the study. In the upcoming Olympic cycle, a promising and effective model of floor exercises for athletes of the regional national team may consist of maximum often elements, despite the fact that at least one element of direct connection - worth 0.2 points or more; one element of indirect connection - worth at least 0.3 points; one element of acrobatics - worth at least 0.6 points and more than; at least one connection of turns - the cost is not lower than difficulty groups D (0.4 points) and B (0.2 points); at least one connection of jumps - worth at least 0.4 points or more each. Conclusions. The revealed features of the construction of floor exercises of highly qualified gymnasts will allow to increase the effectiveness of the preparation of competitive programs by athletes of regional national teams in the considered form of gymnastic all-around with a further promising increase in the difficulty of the basic elements.