Psychological and Pedagogical Approaches in Training Young Athletes to Increase the Level of Motivation to Exercise Regularly

Abstract

Children’s increased motivation to exercise regularly is a requirement for organization
of the training and competitive process in any sports discipline. Nowadays
psychological and pedagogical approaches to organization of necessary motivation in
the training process of young athletes do not correspond to modern requirements of
Sport pedagogy. the development of an experimental methodology for the application
of new psychological and pedagogical approaches in training young athletes in order
to increase their level of motivation to do sports. The methods of the research: a sportspedagogical testing, a questioning, a modeling, a pedagogical experiment, which
allowed to reveal the initial level of motivation and cognitive mental processes of
young basketball players with further increase of these indicators experimentally. The
results of the final questioning and testing of young athletes are revealed in the article,
children’s causes of insufficient motivation are established, the substantive model of
the experimental method has been developed and the results of the forming
pedagogical experiment have been scientifically substantiated. The experimental
model of the application of new psychological and pedagogical approaches in training
young athletes makes it possible to raise the level of children’s motivation towards
sports practically. The practical value is an opportunity to manage the proposed means
and methods of experimental methodology for trainers, working with a sports reserve,
as well as young researchers and practicing sports psychologists.