Management of athletic form in athletes practicing game sports over the course of training macrocycle

The main problem of athlete training process is the management of athletic form. It is important to determine the criteria which may be used to establish the dynamics of athletic form over the course of training macrocycle. Purpose of study: to provide experimental foundation for methods of athletic formdetermination in athletes of team game sports over the course of a training macrocycle. Materials and methods. 46 elite athletes participated in the study, they represented basic lineups of Ukrainian Higher League field hockey teams of "DinamoShVSM" (Vinnytsia) and "Olympia-Kolos-Sequoia" (Vinnytsia). Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literary and Internet data; pedagogical observation; methods of functional diagnostics; modeling methods; pedagogical experiment; methods of mathematical statistics. Results and conclusions. In order to effectively manage the dynamics of athletic form in athletes over the course of training macrocycle one must effectively control the magnitude and direction of training influences. It has been established that the coefficient of magnitude of training load during the phase of acquisition of athletic form in elite field hockey athletes must fall in the range between 5,4 and 8,5 point?min-1. The phase of stabilization of athletic form in hockey players is characterized by the magnitude of training influences during mesocycles from 8,2 up to 8,8 point ?min-1. The coefficient of training load must be at its lowest point during the phase of temporary loss of athletic form, and namely around 4,2 point?min-1. The level of physical and functional preparedness of athletes may be determined by using the developed 10-point scale. The following values were determined for the purpose of forming three phases of athletic form in elite field hockey athletes over the course of the training macrocycle: 4,1-5,7 points during acquisition phase; 5,7-5,9 points during stabilization phase; 3,5 points during temporary loss phase.