PECULIARITIES OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN YOUNG ATHLETES GOING IN FOR CYCLIC AND PLAYING KINDS OF SPORT

Aim. The aim of the study was to estimate the peculiar features of physical development and functional status in young basketball-players and swimmers. Materials and methods. The study enclosed 24 basketball-players and 28 swimmers of 2001 year of birth: males aged 14, sports grade - not higher than adult grade I. Physical development included measurement of morphological and functional parameters (weight, height, chest circumference at rest, at exhalation, at inhalation, spirometry, dynamometry of the right and left hands). Diagnosis of functional status included the following: heart rhythm variability, assessment of tension of regulatory systems of the body according to R.M. Bayevsky method, 20-curtsey test, calculation of reaction quality indices, Stange’s tests, determination of physical capacity for work and calculation of maximum oxygen demand using indirect method. Results. Basket-ball players aged 14 as compared with the swimmers of the same age had greater parameters of height, heart rate at rest and lower indices of right hand dynamometry and lung capacity. The maximum oxygen demand value was reliably higher in athletes-swimmers being extremely high in 64,2% of cases, high - in 10,7 %, medium - in 10,7 %. Conclusions. The resulting data indicate a high level of physical development and functional status in athletes going in for cyclic and playing kinds of sport. The obtained results characterize from different aspects the peculiarities of physical development and functional status in male athletes going in for cyclic and playing kinds of sport.

Junior athletes, physical development, functional status, physical capacity for work, maximum oxygen demand