EXPERT ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR ACTIVITY IN FREESTYLE (BASED ON SURVEY DATA)

The purpose of the research is to assess the specific characteristics of the motor activity of freestyle athletes based on a survey of experts.

Methods and organization of the research. The study was organized with the support of the «Russian Freestyle Federation» LLC and the «Belarusian Freestyle Federation» Public Association in April 2024. The study involved 62 coaches from Russia and the Republic of Belarus. The study participants included 20 coaches of the highest category, 16 coaches of the first category, 26 coaches of the second category. The following methods were used in the study: theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature, a survey in the form of a questionnaire, expert assessment, methods of mathematical statistics.

Results and discussion. It was found that the leading specific characteristics of motor activity that received the highest score of 5 points – in ski cross are speed, speed-strength and coordination abilities, anaerobic-lactate energy mode, musculoskeletal, sensory and respiratory functional systems; in mogul – speed-strength and coordination abilities, mixed anaerobic mode, musculoskeletal system. The leading characteristics of motor activity in aerial skiing are speed-strength and coordination abilities, flexibility, anaerobic-alactate mode, nervous and musculoskeletal systems, weight and percentage of fat mass. The leading characteristics of motor activity in the halfpipe turned out to be speed-strength and coordination abilities, mixed anaerobic mode, and the musculoskeletal system. For slope-style and big air, the leading specific characteristics are considered to be speed-strength and coordination abilities, a mixed anaerobic mode, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. 

Conclusion. The obtained data create favorable opportunities for the development of control test complexes and criteria for sports selection, their integration into the system of sports training of freestyle skiers of various disciplines. The results of the study can be used in the development of new editions of the federal standard of sports training in the sport of «freestyle».

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