Personal and Motivational Characteristics of High Calibre Judoists

A characteristic feature of modern sport is the rapid improvement of sports results, utilizing maximum complexity of technique for performance. All this, of course, places high demands on the psyche of athletes. Major competitions are held, usually, with great intensity between opponents of equal skill and strength. Just a fraction of a second, a few millimeters and even draw often determine the victory. This suggests that sport is not only the struggle of muscles, but a struggle of wits and nerves. Sporting activities, at the highest level, place matter in which competition he/she performs, the athlete increased demands on the individual athlete, especially in always meets with a rival, who is also interested in the mental factors of consciousness and will. Desire and victory. In this regard, both the coach and athlete ask the will to win largely determine the results of the these questions: How to optimize the athlete's psyche to activities. The success of competitive activity is extreme competitive conditions to achieve victory? How influenced by such important aspects of personality as to the improve mental performance of the athlete during temperament, typological constitution, motivational training for serious competition and allow the creation of features, focus, as well as activity-related, technical the necessary conditions for successful performance in performance capabilities and potential of the person (1, 2). the competition? An individual is a product of socio-historical This is one of the most important objectives of a development and of one's own human activity. An modern judo coach, whose decisions will enhance the individual has consciousness and a system of social mental performance of the athlete during training and qualities and performs certain functions in society. In competition and will create the necessary conditions for sports, as in other human activities, personality is very successful performance in competition. important. Achievement of success is possible only if the In preparing the athlete for competition, coaches individual characteristics of the athlete and his or her often overlook those aspects that could optimize the specific technical and tactical style are correctly athlete's performance. In this case, the coach should