Aspects of pedagogical control in the training process of young football players’ (aged 16-17)

Reliable information on young football players’ body and functional capacities change plays an important role in their training process. Control of training process and athletes’ body condition during various stages of their preparation process facilitates gathering necessary information. Pedagogical control of athletes’ training is one of the methods to establish the level of their preparedness, the important task of it being evaluation of young football players’ motor skills. In Kazakhstan football schools with numerous young players this control is very important, as attention to the change of the athletes’ body and functional capacity change during the training process is not yet sufficient. The purpose of this study was to perform evaluation on young football players’ (aged 16-17) physical and special technical preparedness indices change during the annual training cycle using the methods of pedagogical control. Material and methods. 30 young football players (aged 16-17) were tested, their average height was 176.8±5.6 cm, average body mass was 71.9±6.7 kg, BMI was 23.2±1.7. Three tests on physical and technical preparedness were carried out in December, April and June. Body fitness level was established using Eurofit testing battery. Results and discussion. The process of young football players’ training has a complex character. It became clear that coaches of the tested athletes within the training process were more focused in group and individual motor actions of the players. At the beginning of the preparatory period, the end of it and during the competitive period, weekly training load respectively amounted in 830, 800 and 790 min. Approach to the competitive period was marked by diminished amount in team actions with increased number of group and individual actions.[...]Mokytojų rengimo institutasVytauto Didžiojo universiteta