Psychological Barriers in Youth Sports and Elite Sports

Abstract

In the article the contradictions of elite sport from the point of view of the personality of an athlete are analyzed. In modern conditions of development of society and civilization the tasks of elite and mass sport significantly differ that leads to absolutely various requirements in the field of physical, technical and psychological training of athletes. The special part is assigned to psychological training of athletes in which the central place is taken by development of the motivational sphere and formation of special personal qualities of the athlete. The psychological barriers arising in high-class athletes can serve as an obstacle on the way to achieving high results.