Dr.Sc.Psychol., Professor B.P. Yakovlev¹
Dr.Hab., Professor G.D. Babushkin²
The post-graduate student R.E. Rybin²
PhD, Professor E.G. Babushkin³
Postgraduate student I.B. Tarasenko^1
1Surgut State University, Surgut
²Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports, Omsk
³Omsk State Technical University, Omsk

The study was designed to develop and test by an experiment a precompetitive training model for elite swimmers to improve their competitive performance. One of the ways to improve the performance, as we believe, is to advance the precompetitive training of the elite sprint swimmers with a special emphasis on the special tools to prevent the unfavorable mental and physical conditions and reach the optimal prestart mindset and fitness for the competitive success. The precompetitive conditioning process was improved by the microcycle-specific training scope and intensity control tools. The new precompetitive conditioning model was practically tested in two competitions and proved beneficial as verified by the Experimental Group progress and success in the competitions. The new precompetitive conditioning model tests give the grounds to recommend it for application in the swimmers’ training systems.

Keywords: elite swimmers, precompetitive meso-cycle, competitive performance.

References

1. Babushkin G.D., Yakovlev B.P., Apokin V.V. Psihologicheskie faktory, obuslovlivayuschie realizatsiyu podgotovlennosti v sorevnovatelnykh usloviyakh [Psychological factors to contribute to effective implementation of athlete's capacities under competitive conditions]. Teoriya i praktika fiz. kultury, 2015, no. 3, pp. 84-86.
2. Nikolaev A.N. Metodiki izucheniya lichnosti i deyatelnosti trenera [Methods of study of coach's personality and activity]. St. Petersburg: SPbSAPhE publ., 2003, 70 p.
3. Matveyev L.P. Obschaya teoriya sporta i ee prikladnye aspekty [General theory of sport and its applied aspects]. Moscow: Sovetskiy sport publ., 2010, 340 p.
4. Platonov V.N. Sistema podgotovki sportsmenov v olimpiyskom sporte [The system of training athletes in Olympic sports]. Kiev: Olimpiyskaya literatura publ., 2015, Vol.1, 680 p.
5. Berger J. Trainingsinhalt, Trainingsiebungen, - mittel und methoden. Trainingswissenschaft. Berlin: Sportverlag, 1994, pp. 247-259.
6. Ramm K., Bube H. Zur Wirksamkeit des Jahrestrainingsaufbaus im Skilanglauf und im Biathlon bei besonderer Beachtung der Zyklusmethode. Theorie und Praxis Leistungssport, 1986, no. 8/9, pp. 115-127.