Peculiarities of expanding the phenomena of the perfection and its interconnection with athletes personal qualities

The paper presents the results of the analysis of the frequency of the appearance of diff erent forms of sportsmen's perfectionism in groups of diff erent ages. The results of the analysis of interconnections of perfectionism and abilities of diff erent ages personal qualities, e. g. internality, motivation to success, personal and situational anxieties, the level of ambitions, and selfestimation are also refl ected in the paper. It is stated that the high level of socially oriented perfectionism is more popular among athletes. It testifi es to the signifi cance of social factors as the source of increasing psychical loads in top-level athletes. With it all perfectionist directions can infl uence diff erently the sporting activity in connection with aged peculiaritves and the formation a man as an individual.