Estimate of efficiency of the development of the attention properties of athletes engaged in bullet shooting in the process of mental self-regulation
The article considers the actual problem of the possibilities of attention development as one of the significant components of psychological training of athletes using methods of mental self-regulation. In these studies, at the formative stage, the comprehensive psychological and pedagogical methodology was used for shooting athletes, including the psychological block (exercises and tasks), in combination with complexes of static breathing exercises and neuromuscular relaxation exercises, meditation practices "Conscious Breathing", "Body scanning". The training procedure was carried out with the inclusion of "Home Case" tasks: motor imagery practice and online computer simulator for self-development of attention activation skills acquired in the classroom. In this work, the use of the complex psychological and pedagogical methodology aimed at developing the properties of attention and mastering the skills of mental self-regulation contributed to an increase in the attentional characteristics of athletes engaged in bullet shooting. The analysis of the heart rate variability indicators of the examined athletes at the control stage of the study indicated an increase in the activity of the parasympathetic regulation link, a decrease in the activity of the influence of the central control circuit and decrease in the stress index, which characterizes decrease in the tension of the body's regulatory systems. Thus, the obtained data of heart rate variability determine the optimization of the psycho-emotional state, improvement of the indicators of attention properties and an increase in the level of noise immunity in the process of implementing a multifunctional technique.