APPLICATION OF A SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL EXERCISES IN RAFTING

ABSTRACT The development of the methodology of the special training of highly qualified female rafting athletes in the past years is closely related to the precise coordination of the training system with the specific requirements of the sport-competitive activity. This happens mainly at the expense of the means by which the special strength and technico-tactical qualities are developed, which poses the problem of searching for new means and methods of special physical training. In the present study, the effectiveness of the application of the author’s experimental system of technico-tactical exercises in rafting sports is tested. The subject of the research are exercises for special training. The object of research are the characteristics of development and improvement of technico-tactical qualities of highly qualified female rafting athletes. Ten female rafting athletes from the two leading Bulgarian sports clubs in this sport - SC KK “NSA - Vasil Boyanov”, Sofia, Bulgaria and SC “Vento”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria were studied. The methodology of the study consists of a literature study and conducting a pedagogical experiment with 18 tests to determine the level of general and special training of highly qualified female rafting athletes. Methods of mathematical-statistical analysis of data are analysis of variation and comparative analysis of Student`s t-criterion. The analysis of the results showed that the system is focused on the development of several basic exercise systems, but the means aimed at the development of special physical training and technical-tactical mastery dominate. The results of the study have immediate practical-applied value both for the optimization of special training of highly skilled female rafting athletes and for subsequent and further research on the topic.