SPECIFICITY OF PHYSICAL PREPAREDNESS OF BEGINNING ATHLETES OF SLIGHTLY VARIANT BODIES IN BODY GYMNASTICS
A comparative analysis of the indicators of physical development, as well as general and special physical preparedness of girls of different types of physique at the initial stage of preparation in rhythmic gymnastics is carried out. The specificity of physical fitness of athletes with thin-skinned variants of physique has been studied. Strengths and weaknesses of physical fitness of gymnasts with thin-skin variants of somatotype have been revealed. The analysis of interrelation of morphotypological and morphofunctional indices with indicators of sports performance at the initial stage of preparation in rhythmic gymnastics is carried out. Quantitative indicators characterizing the specificity of morphofunctional indices and physical fitness of beginning gymnasts of different types of physique are obtained. The evaluation of the prospects of beginning gymnasts for a combination of morphotypological status indicators, physical preparedness, functional status, and sports performance was carried out. The study revealed a high level of physical fitness in a subgroup of gymnasts with a muscular, muscular-thoracic and thoracic-muscular body type. The same girls showed and quite high rates for the speed and quality of development of technical elements, however, they were inferior to representatives of the asthenoid-thoracic somatotype by other criteria. The advantage of girls having an asthenoid-thoracic type is also the correspondence of the proportions of their physique to the requirements imposed on the appearance of gymnasts.