Comparative analysis of indexes of physical preparedness of highly qualified female athletes involved in football and rugby-7

The scientific and methodological support of intensively developing women’s football and women’s Rugby-7 in recent years in our country, included in the program of the Olympic Games, does not correspond to this tendency. In the context of studying the impact of systematic training of girls and women in football and Rugby-7, the issue of comparative analysis of various aspects of the preparedness, in particular physical, of representatives of these sports is actualized. The results of the complex testing of physical preparedness of athletes showed the advantage of the representatives of female Rugby-7 players over female football players in power qualities and speed-power abilities, which is due to the specifics of the sport, where a large muscular load of rugby players falls on the upper limbs and a body when performing ball transfers and defensive actions, as well as on the feet when performing starting jerks and various brakes. The female football players have significantly higher performance compared to the representatives of female Rugby-7 players in terms of complex manifestations of endurance, as evidenced by the results of the Yo-Yo test...