E.Yu. Davydova
Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg

Keywords: beach sports, sand sports, content analysis, electronic library.

Introduction. Sports disciplines in the sand are actively developing, they are included in the All-Russian register of sports, the program of the largest global complex competitions [1]. The analysis of the number and subject of publications demonstrates the level of scientific interest in beach sports.
The purpose of the study is to identify the degree of elaboration of the problem of research in the field of beach sports.
Methodology and organization of the study. The scientific research was carried out by the method of content analysis of publications presented in the electronic resources of the Scientific Library of the Russian Science Citation Index, the Central Branch Library for Physical Culture and Sports and the Electronic Library of the P.F. Lesgaft National University. A sample of 406 publications was divided into five topics for analysis: general issues (publications covering problems of history, organization and logistics), technical features (publications dealing with issues of education, technical training and biomechanical characteristics of a sport), features of the organization of the training process, biomedical problems and psychological features of a particular beach sport.
The results of the study and their discussion. During the content analysis, it was revealed that more than half of the scientific research is devoted to the problems of organizing the training process in beach volleyball (see the table). Along with this, the focus of scientific attention is focused on the search for innovative ways, methods and technologies related to the biomedical and psychological subject areas, as well as on improving the technical base of beach volleyball.

Literature

1. Vasiliev, E. A. (2024). Beach sports: Varieties and indicators of the largest international competitions. Cold Science, 2. Retrieved from https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/plyazhnye-vidy-sporta-raznovidnosti-i-... (accessed: 26.06.2024).