ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN SITTING VOLLEYBALL

The research purpose is to assess the level of development of psychomotor indicators of individuals involved in sitting volleyball.

Methods and organization of the research. The study involved 12 athletes playing sitting volleyball (6 men and women, average age 44.5±8 years). To achieve the goal of the study, the hardware and software complex "NS-PsychoTest" (Russia) was used, in its work the following testing methods were used: a test for assessing the orienting-visual search reaction (OVSR, sec), simple visual-motor reaction (SVMR, ms), choice reaction (ms), attention concentration (ms), attention span (ms), discrimination reaction (ms) and reaction to a moving object (RMO) (times, %). The study was conducted in compliance with ethical standards. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out in the SPSS 20 program using Spearman's correlation analysis, the Man-Whitney criterion and the Shapiro-Wilk test.

Research results and their discussion. Correlation analysis showed no dependence of psychomotor indicators on age and gender. The main results are: orienting-visual search reaction (OVSR) (60.39±15.3 sec), simple visual-motor reaction (SVMR) (280±86.65 ms), choice reaction (430.83±105.5 ms), concentration of attention (347±86.9 ms), attention span (447.67±95.9 ms), discrimination reaction (365.33±98.18 ms) and reaction to a moving object (RMO) accurate reaction (8.67±3.74 times), reaction lead (5.25±3.23 times), reaction delay (5.5±1.72 times). 

Conclusion. In the study group, psychomotor indicators are mainly characterized by slow reactions, low concentration of attention and pronounced inertia of nervous processes. These data indicate the importance of introducing additional exercises aimed at developing visual-motor and visual-spatial skills. The development of adapted training programs will improve the adaptation and effectiveness of athletes to game conditions. The results obtained can become the basis for optimizing the training of athletes in sitting volleyball.

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