Theoretical and practical efficiency aspects of the programs of psychological training in full contact karate

The article is dedicated to the problem of psychological training aimed at sportsmen in karate, which is relevant to both theoretical and practical essence of modern psychology and pedagogy of sports. The purpose of the article was to achieve theoretical and practical effectiveness aspects of the program of psychological training in contact karate. The study was held on the basis of the sports clubs represented by the All-Ukrainian All-Style Combat Arts Federation (Izmail). The male sportsmen-fighters (40 persons) at the age of 18 – 24 were tested, the average age of the examinees was 19.49±0.79. To solve the set tasks, the contestants were divided into control and experimental groups. In the course of the research carried out, these methods were used: the analysis of scientific and methodological literature; empirical methods: observation, conversation, questioning, testing using the “Thermometer” method (Yu. Ya. Kiselova), “Self-assessment of the volitional qualities of students-sportsmen” (N. B. Stambulova); mathematical data processing. The analysis of the latest research and publications showed that the interaction of motoric and emotional-volitional activities is an essential component of sportsmen's development, whereas the mechanisms of interconnection of emotions and volition is traced more clearly at the level of regulatory functions of psychics connected with activation, mobility or speeding up. In the course of the conducted research concerning the efficiency of the proposed complex program, it was proved that according to the method "Thermometer" (Yu. Ya. Kiselova), the sportsmen of the experimental group showed increase in their desire to train (by 15%) in comparison with the sportsmen of the control group (by 11%). According to the method of self-assessment of volitional qualities introduced by N. B. Stambulova, the sportsmen of the experimental group, in comparison with the control group, demonstrated an increase in the index "self-control" (by 9%). On the basis of the analysis and assessment of the obtained data before and after implementing the program of psychological training, as well as the observation of the examinees' growth of sportsmanship, it was stated that the proposed program of full contact karate had a positive impact on the state of the sportsmen's mental and physical health as well as on the effectiveness of their sports activities in general.