Characteristics of an athlete's preparedness for special loads in the discipline of underwater sports "dynamic apnea "

the group of disciplines "apnea" (breath-holding diving) is a relatively young sport. The first Russian championship was held in 2007. The discipline of "apnea-dynamic" is diving while holding your breath using the breaststroke method with a long stroke with your hands. The result in this discipline depends on many characteristics of an athlete's fitness – anatomical, physiological, psychological, level of development of physical qualities and motor abilities. Athletes with different levels of these characteristics can show the same result. Any of them will be limiting the result at a particular stage of a sports career. The coach's knowledge of such characteristics that ensure the desired result will allow him to timely identify weak links in the athlete's fitness and make appropriate adjustments to the selection of exercises, tools and methods of their application. It will also allow us to determine the athlete's suitability for the discipline of "apnea-dynamic" and his real prospects in terms of achieving high results.

"dynamic apnea", fitness characteristics, underwater sports, athletic performance, training process