OCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE OF SPORT SELECTION AT THE INITIAL STAGE
The article presents the results of studying the necessity and feasibility of the socio-psychological testing block as a part of the comprehensive testing program at the initial stage of sports selection. During the study, 500 children representatives who came with parents for sports testing were tested. The practical confirmation of the fact that the socio-psychological analysis clarifies and corrects the final assessment and recommendations on the predisposition to a particular sport, which thereby contributes to an increase in the effectiveness of sports selection obtained on the basis of information after the implementation of the block of social and psychological testing in the comprehensive testing program at the initial stage of sports selection.