Influence of innovative methods of fitness training on improvement of technical fitness of qualified gymnasts in aerobic gymnastics

Purpose. Nowadays it is impossible to imagine the training process of highly qualified athletes in various kinds of professional and Olympic sports without the use of innovative fitness technologies with appropriate equipment, tools and techniques. In particular, they are widely used in the educational and training process of gymnasts to improve certain aspects of their physical, functional and technical preparedness. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the feasibility of using innovative tools, methods and related techniques borrowed from health fitness aerobics to improve the technical preparedness of highly skilled athletes in aerobic gymnastics. Materials and methods. The study involved 24 athletes of the national aerobic gymnastics team of Ukraine aged 18 to 26 years old. Qualification of sportsmen: 5 - master of sports of the international class; 13 - master of sports of Ukraine; 6 - candidates for the master of sports of Ukraine. Indicators of technical preparation of participants of experiment were fixed. The reliability of intra- and intergroup differences in the level of technical preparedness between the arithmetic mean values of the indices of technical preparedness was determined in accordance with the program approved by the Ukrainian Federation of Sports Aerobics and Fitness (FUSAF). Results. The technical performance of gymnasts under the influence of the latest training techniques borrowed from health and fitness training, namely Procedos; EXOS; 6-D Sliding: Procedos; EXOS; 6-D Sliding. It is confirmed that the structure and content of the chosen methods meet the basic requirements for the competitive activity of qualified aerobic gymnasts. The data about the known means of improvement and control of parameters of technical training in aerobic gymnastics are supplemented. The effectiveness of the use of innovative methods borrowed from health fitness training in the construction of educational and training process of qualified athletes in aerobic gymnastics is proved. Conclusion. Both the experimental blocks of exercises borrowed from health improving fitness training and the corresponding innovative methods of practical application of these tools have fully confirmed their effectiveness. The feasibility of using special Procedos, 6-D Sliding, EXOS methods in the programme of technical training of skilled athletes in aerobic gymnastics in the preparatory periods of the one-year training cycle has been experimentally proved.