THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ON THE FORMATION OF ATTITUDES IN YOUNG ATHLETES
The article analyzes the characteristics of youth sports as a stage in the formation of professional activity. The most important stages of personality development in sports are considered, as well as the initial formation of a positive attitude to sports activity. The text of the article highlights various factors affecting the features of the implementation of the training and competitive components of sports, and emphasizes the important role of the formation of a social attitude towards sports among young athletes. It is noted that attitudes are of great importance in the process of human behavior relative to certain objects in the context of a situation. A review of domestic and foreign literature makes it possible to note the relationship between attitudes to sports and the characteristics of relationships in the families of athletes. The importance of the influence of upbringing, family composition, the presence of siblings, material wealth, as well as the continuity of a sports career in the family is emphasized. During the analysis of the data, the positive and negative aspects of the influence of the immediate environment on the formation of the athlete's personality, as well as the psychological characteristics of young athletes in sports, were noted. And the article also examines the crisis periods of the athlete's transition to adult professional sports, with a change in priorities among young athletes, associated with the beginning of anxiety about their future career.