The method of training 9-10 year old football players, contributing to an increase in the level of game thinking

the purpose of the study: to experimentally test the effectiveness of using exercises that primarily develop the ability of football players to analyze the game situation and make tactically correct decisions during the game. The results of studying the scientific and methodological literature on the research topic confirm the need to develop game thinking skills in the context of improving game skills, as evidenced by a number of studies not only in the field of football, but also in other sports. Coaches need to constantly improve the performance of athletes and provide them with space to develop game thinking in order to improve their athletic performance. To do this, during training, it is necessary to put players in situations that promote the development of tactical game thinking. These include exercises for knowledge of the game, perception and analysis of various situations that may arise, decision-making, knowledge of individual and team tactics, attacking and defensive behavior in accordance with the position, realization of existing moments, appropriate motor action to solve emerging problems. According to the results of a practical pedagogical study using experimental complexes of tools that develop the ability of football players to analyze the game situation and make a tactically correct decision during the game, data were obtained at the end of the experiment, after performing tests that determine the level of development of game thinking, which confirmed the effectiveness of exercises used during training sessions in the EG of 9-10 year old football players.

football, 9-10 year old boys, game thinking, psychodiagnostics, technical and tactical training