Psychological preparation of student teams for competitive activities in basketball classes in higher educational institutions

basketball is one of the most popular team game sports. Having originated in the student environment, this game is now widespread among almost all categories of the population. Being an effective means of physical development, basketball is included in all elements of the country's physical culture and sports system. As a sport, basketball is included in the physical education training program at the levels of school, secondary vocational and higher education. In Russia, the system of student basketball is quite widely developed, which are related to the activities of the Student Basketball Association: championships and tournaments are regularly held aimed at popularizing this sport and identifying the strongest student teams. Despite the fact that college age is not considered sensitive for the development of most physical qualities, it is favorable for achieving athletic prowess, which has been confirmed by a number of studies. Due to the fact that the sports activities of student-athletes are secondary, after the educational and professional ones, there is a need to set priorities, find opportunities to combine them and integrate the educational and training process into student life. The educational and training process in student sports involves not only theoretical, physical, technical, and tactical training, but also special psychological training. The purpose of psychological training is the formation of students with the necessary personality traits and qualities aimed at the successful fulfillment of the tasks of training activities, as well as the formation of readiness for competitive activities. A review of the works on the research topic indicates a scientific interest in this topic, but to a greater extent they are devoted to psychological training in youth or professional sports. The works related to psychological training in student sports are presented extremely fragmentary. Based on this, the purpose of the study is to develop a program for the psychological preparation of student teams for competitive activities in basketball classes in higher education institutions.

psychological training, psychological training tools, educational process, basketball, higher education, student age, sensitive period, workload, pedagogical process, control tests