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Control and Management in Athletic Training of the Russian National Teams



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Mikhail Shestakov and Evgeny Myakinchenko

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DOI:10.17265/2332-7839/2018.02.007

The article presents wide experience in controlling athletic training aimed at preparation of the Russian national teams for major international competitions. Experimental part of the study has been carried out in the course of training camps and competitions since 2010. Forty Russian national teams in 15 winter and 3 summer Olympic sports participated in the research. Theoretical concepts set forth in the works of Anthony Stafford Beer made a basis of a system of control and management developed for the Russian national winter sports teams. In particular, a five-level system was applied to control athletic training. The authors point out that a system of control over athletic training in elite sport teams should take into account a few important issues: (1) each sport, team and athlete has distinctive features; (2) various aspects of athletic training and their interrelation must be aimed at raising effectiveness of training according to individual training plans; (3) coaches and sport managers must be provided with real-time information necessary for development of long-term and short-term training plans and their timely correction.

Control of training, management, elite athletes, training plans.