The content of the process of training football players aged 15-16 years of different playing roles, due to the peculiarities of competitive activity

Relevance. One of the factors determining the content of football players' training is competitive activity. The peculiarities of individual and collective competitive activity are sufficiently fully taken into account when determining the content of the process of training qualified football players, while the training of young players is carried out with a pronounced lack of similar information.. In this regard, it seems relevant to identify the features of the use of technical and tactical actions by football players aged 15-16 years of different playing roles in matches that ended with a victory or defeat of the team, which will allow differentiating the content of their technical and tactical training. The aim of the study is to substantiate the content of the training of football players aged 15-16, taking into account the playing role and the peculiarities of competitive activity. Methods. The following research methods were used in the work: literature analysis, pedagogical observations of competitive activity, mathematical statistics. The results of the study. It was found that the matches won by a team of football players aged 15-16 significantly differ from those lost by the number of kicks made at the goal and ball passes "on the move". If, during the match, the players begin to use the ball with their heads more often and pass the ball over a long distance, then in most cases this leads the team to defeat. Defenders in won matches reliably use longer passes, single combats for the ball at the bottom, head play and kicks at the goal. Midfielders in winning matches more often use the selection and interception of the ball, passes and head shots at the opponent's goal. The attackers, by their actions in the matches won, allow them to achieve success by increasing the number of ball drives, the opponent's stroke, kicks at the goal, as well as the total number of actions performed per match. Conclusion. The revealed features of the competitive activity of football players aged 15-16 years of different playing roles in won and lost matches allow us to substantiate the content of technical and tactical training.