Innovative approach to staffing youth national teams

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PhD E.S. Naboychenko2
S.O. Istomin1, 2
A.N. Ezhov1, 2
S.V. Kondratovich1, 2
1Sports school of the Olympic Reserve "Spartakovets Hockey Academy", Yekaterinburg
2Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Yekaterinburg

Objective of the study was to develop an innovative technology for staffing youth national teams.
Methods and structure of the study. A team of 16-year-old athletes (n=52) participated in the testing – representatives of hockey schools of the Ural Federal District. Hockey experience – 11-12 years. Test samples were conducted from July 2024 to December 2025.
Results and conclusions. The developed technology for staffing youth hockey teams is based on the main criteria of a hockey player's skill and his psycho-functional state. The innovative approach to staffing sports teams includes an algorithm of modern methods of sports selection and monitoring of the psycho-functional state of an athlete based on observation and stage-by-stage control of the effectiveness of participation in competitive activities; necessary and sufficient indicators of the psycho-functional state of athletes, their individual and potential capabilities; analysis of the athlete's prospective characteristics allowing to draw a conclusion about the applicant's compliance with the criteria for selection to the national team.

Keywords: athlete, hockey, selection system, individual profile, functional state.

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