The influence of restorative massage after the competitions on the indicators of the functional capabilities of qualified volleyball players.

Purpose: experimental substantiation of the effectiveness of the use of restorative massage in the process of competitive activity of qualified volleyball players. Material. 24 volleyball players of the team of the highest league of Ukraine Novator m. Khmelnitsky took part in the research, among them 1 Honored Master of Sports, 3 masters of sports, 8 candidates for the master of sports, 12 athletes of the 1st category. The control and experimental groups were trained in identical programs during the September 2017 - April 2018. However, in the experimental group after each competitive tour athletes professional masseur did a restorative massage. The following tests were used: the Novawki laboratory test method, the methods of determining physical performance by means of functional tests. Intergroup and intra-group differences in the tests were determined. Results. The use of restorative massage in volleyball had a positive impact on the functional condition and physical performance of qualified volleyball players. In the experimental group in the Novakki test, the number of steps increased by 1, while in the control group this quantity remained the same, which amounted to 25% of the baseline for the experimental group and was significant for p <0.05. In addition, the total working time (p