Reflexivity as a subject resource of overcoming complex situations in sports activity

The article is devoted to a problem that is insufficiently studied in sports psychology, namely reflexivity. The objective of the research is to analyze approaches to the study of the integral phenomenon of reflexivity and to justify its importance as a subject resource of the athlete’s personality. The article presents the results of the analysis of the main psychological and pedagogical approaches and concepts to the understanding of the multidimensional and heterogeneous phenomenon of reflection and its mechanisms. It is noted that reflection determines the variability and qualitative heterogeneity of the forms of self-regulation, self-organization in the process of interaction of an athlete with problem situations in sports activity, sets the structural integrity of a person’s subject activity. At the same time, there are conflicting data in the scientific literature on what type of reflection is optimal for achieving goals, forecasting activities and overcoming problems and contradictions...