LONG JUMP IN DECATHLON TRAINING FOR 15-16 YEARS
The importance of the long jump for achieving high sports results in the athletics decathlon is shown. The correlation relationship of the long jump between the disciplines of the decathlon and the result in the all-around is revealed. A methodology for assessing the technical readiness of decathletes in the long jump is proposed, the number of special exercises in the annual training cycle is recommended. The results of a pedagogical experiment are presented, which showed a higher efficiency of the training methodology for decathletes aged 15-16 with an emphasis on improvement in long jumps.