METHODOLOGY OF ICE-SKATERS’ TECHNICAL MASTERY AND SPECIAL PHYSICAL READINESS IMPROVEMENT USING SHORT-TRACK IN THE TRAINING PROCESS
Speed skating nowadays undergoes a new wave of its development, connected with constant increase of sports results. Quick running speed increase among ice-skaters at all distances is the consequence of the training process effectiveness and optimization, conditioned by new means, methods and approaches of training use. An important question in the training process of ice-skaters organization remains the search for the optimal training means and methods of their use. Materials: The methodology creation of ice-skaters’ technical mastery and special physical training improvement, using short-track and experimental substantiation of its effectiveness. Research methods: literature sources on the problem of the research and current materials analysis and summarizing, pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical testing, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. At the first stage of the research the methodology of short-track application in the training process of ice-skaters was created. Two demands are important in the methodology: 1) concentration of the made efforts considerably exceeds the same indices in classical skates; 2) technical stereotype models competitive exercise - running along the standard track. At the second stage of the research experimental testing of the offered methodology was held. Ice-skaters, who use short-track in the training process, according to the test “flying lap” had higher indices of an individual coefficient of a step power and could develop higher speed in running the turn, which finally provided time of “flying lap” overcoming improvement. Conclusion. Short-track use in the training process of ice-skaters provides power of the step and the speed of running along the turn increase and it leads to speed of running increase in general along the distance. During technical mastery and special physical readiness improvement ice-skaters should include short-track into the training process.