Realization of sports talent in youngsters in context of sociological analysis

(Realisierung von Sporttalenten unter Jugendlichen im Kontext einer soziologischen Analyse)

Objective of the study was to analyze and summarize the opinions of young athletes about realization of sports talent. Methods and structure of the study. We analyzed the world's and domestic experience of work with gifted in sports youngsters, identified the opportunities for realizing their sports talent, as well as determined the positive and negative aspects of the system of support to the gifted and talented in sports youth that exists in the Sverdlovsk region. We carried out an expert opinion poll, with the leading student athletes of Ural Federal University being subject to the poll, as well as individual interviews with gifted in sports schoolchildren and students. We studied the opinions of young professional athletes about their sports achievements and assessment of the current situation in sports, compiled proposals for supporting gifted athletes. Study results and conclusions. The questionnaire survey of young athletes helped determine their motives for sports activities; reasons for premature termination of a sports career; factors that limit the realization of their sports potential; athletes' interests in other activities; educational and professional plans; level of satisfaction of the subjects of sports activity. The study results showed that the issues of realization of sports talent of the youth are relevant both for Russia and the Sverdlovsk region and for foreign countries. Based on the findings, the proposals into the Support program for the gifted and talented youth of the Sverdlovsk region were formulated.
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Schlagworte: Sportsoziologie Talent Eignung Nachwuchsleistungssport Motivation Förderung Organisierung Russland
Notationen: Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften Nachwuchssport
Veröffentlicht in: Theory and Practice of Physical Culture
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Heft: 1
Dokumentenarten: Artikel
Sprache: Englisch
Level: hoch