Review of foreign research on the problem of preparing university students for sports competitions

an integral part of the educational process in higher education is student sport, which combines mass sports and high-performance sports. The sports directions of each university depend on the profile of the educational institution, material, technical and personnel capabilities, natural and climatic conditions, etc. Student sports involve, along with the training process, systematic participation in various kinds of student competitions (intramural, interuniversity, interregional, international competitions, etc.). Modern sport is one of the most competitive spheres of life, which in turn dictates the need to find new means to improve the results of sports activities and, as a result, achieve the highest results. Sports psychology occupies a leading place in the general training system, since psychological training provides a competitive advantage to an athlete. In the conditions of student sports, students do not have the opportunity to carry out special psychological preparation for competitive activities. In this regard, the problem of research arises, which consists in finding special means aimed at the psychological training of athletes. To solve this problem, we have analyzed foreign literature to identify possible means of psychological training of athletes. The paper analyzes and summarizes foreign experience in the field of psychological preparation for competitions of athletes of various levels and different sports, which will allow extrapolating the identified experience and introducing it into the practice of modern student sports.

educational process, professional training, student sports, competitive activities, psychological training