Some Aspects of Wrestling Development in Ukraine

The generalization of information on the development of some sports from a group of combat sports is essentially limited among the works of domestic and foreign specialists. Outside the researchers' attention remained issues of our athletes' achievements at other important international competitions. The purpose of research was to reveal some aspects of wrestling development in Ukraine during the last years. Material and methods. The organization of the research included the study of protocols of competitions, information content of the official organizations sites of Ukraine and the world, which ensure the wrestling and women's wrestling and highlight the main events; preparation of the official request to the Ukrainian Wrestling Association on the main points of sport development at the last time. We used the following methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodical literature, analysis of documentary materials, content analysis. Results and discussion. Today, in 18 regions, at children's and youth sports schools and specialized children and youth sports schools of the Olympic reserve there are 246 wrestling divisions. There are 17956 athletes training there. At schools of higher sportsmanship there are 287 permanent athletes, including 30 masters of sport of the international level and 12 Honored Masters of Sports. There are also 24 coaches including full time coaches. There are 293 athletes in 7 specialized sports institutions, including 27 Masters of Sports of the international level and 12 Honored Masters of Sports, as well as 45 coaches (31 with full time and 14 with part-time work). The basis of the organizational and manager structure of wrestling development contains activities of two relatively independent state structures (Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine) and the public (Ukrainian Wrestling Association) subordination. At the same time, the effectiveness of activities largely depends on the level of mutual cooperation under the influence of systemic factors of the environment on the wrestling development (change the international federation policy, a significant increase in the countries competition; change the influence of the refereeing nature, etc.). During last years, the results of the Ukrainian national team in wrestling were somewhat inferior to the maximum indicators at the highest international competitions. Conclusions. However, in most competitions, our representatives in some weight categories make a worthy competition for athletes from leading countries of the world. In preparation for the ХХХІІth Olympic Games (Tokyo, Japan) the stage-by-stage process of national teams' preparation on wrestling was taken into account. It involves four stages of qualifying system implementation for the selection of the strongest athletes and the reduction of the total number from the 21 (in the first three years) to the 14 (fourth year) of the Olympic training cycle