Research on the types of pre-game expectations in the athletes of sports games/

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the types of expectations that have formed within athletes of Sports Games before competitions. The individuals under study are football players, mini-football players, handball players and volleyball players, women-volleyball playersof sports teams participating in tournaments of different difficulty levels (n = 342, ages 14-38). The study presents standardized questionnaire tests, socio-metric type expecto- metric techniques, content analysis and cluster analysis of k-means. Types of athletes’ pre-game expectations of are an important component of sports, competitive activity in game sports. Understanding types of athletes’ pre- game expectations by the coaching staff allows operationalizing the tasks decision of tactical and technical preparation of the team for the game, strategic preparation of the team during the tournament. The aim is to study the types of athletes’ pre-game expectations of sports gamesdirectly before the game. Research Methods: standardized questionnaire tests, expectometry, content analysis, cluster analysis of k-means. The cluster analysis defines four types of athletes’ pre-game expectations: realistic-valuable (RVT), passive- moderate (PMT), unrealistic-pragmatic (UPT) and active-moderate (AMT). The results obtained could be significant for coaching staff, sports directors, anyone involved in coaching and team management, including football, mini-football, handball and volleyball, as well as researchers in the field of psychology and pedagogy of physical education and sports.