Relevance of the existing methods of assessment of a child's preposition to running sports

The assessment of the predisposition of children to equestrian sports at the initial stage of sports training, using various methods, made it possible to determine the level of general and special physical fitness, the morphological status of athletes, psychophysiological and personal characteristics of children, as well as the level of endurance of the heart muscle. However, when comparing the indicators aimed at assessing the inclinations of a child for equestrian sports, in children with a high level of predisposition to this sport, differences in the levels of formation of many indicators were revealed. In turn, the combination of not always high ratings for some indicators gives a positive result in the predisposition of children to engage in the chosen kind of sport. With the help of an expert assessment of equestrian sports coaches, the correspondence of existing methods to the requirements of initial sports training in equestrian sport was determined.