Postraduate student E.V. Muraleeva¹
PhD, Associate Professor V.N. Chumakov¹
Associate Professor I.A. Karintsev^1
1Tchaikovsky State Institute of Physical Culture, Tchaikovsky

Objective of the study was to improve the static and dynamic balancing skills in skilled biathletes, taking into account their predisposition to mastering of balance control skills.
Methods and structure of the study. The study was carried out in 2018/2019 at the premises of the Federal Training Center for Winter Sports "Snezhinka" at FSBEI HE Tchaikovsky State Institute of Physical Culture. While determining the attitude of specialists (coaches) from different regions to the most significant manifestations of coordination in shooting, we conducted a questionnaire survey of 25 leading coaches of the regional teams of the Russian Federation. The level of development of coordination abilities in 40 skilled biathletes - participants of the Russian Biathlon Championship – was evaluated using the stabilographic analyzer system.
Results of the study and conclusions. The biathletes were divided into two groups based on their predisposition to various types of balance control: on the basis of neuromuscular sensations and eye control. Guided by the principle of isometric exercises, the authors proposed an approach, where athletes are viewed as conjugated systems and results are deemed to be achievable provided that there are variable conditions with different body positions.
The application of the technique of development of balancing skills in the process of training of skilled biathletes was found to be most beneficial in the preparatory period, which was characterized by the significant amount of exercises with rifles, especially during upskilling at the end of each training session. The exercises were selected so that to ameliorate (improve) the weak points of shooting technique.

Keywords: shooting training, skilled biathletes, motor coordination abilities, static and dynamic balancing skills, technique.

References

1. Zvereva S.N. Strelkovaya podgotovka v vuze [Academic shooting training at university]. Teachin aid. Tchaikovsky: TSIPC publ., 2014. 83 p.
2. Muraleeva E.V., Chumakov V.N., Ivanov D.I. Strelkovaya podgotovlennost i dvigatelno-koordinatsionnye sposobnosti kvalifitsirovannykh biatlonistov [Shooting competency and motor coordination abilities of qualified biathletes]. Sport i sportivnaya meditsina [Sport and sports medicine]. Proc. II nat. res.-practical conference with international participation. April 11-13 2019. Tchaikovsky: TSIPC publ., 2019, pp.  166-170.
3. Muraleeva E.V., Chumakov V.N. Obosnovanie metodiki razvitiya chuvstva ravnovesiya v strelkovoy podgotovke kvalifitsirovannykh biatlonistov [Rationale for development of sense of balance in shooting training of qualified biathletes]. Aktualnye problemy sportivnoy nauki v aspekte sotsialno-gumanitarnogo znaniya [Actual problems of sports science in context of socio-humanitarian knowledge]. Scientific symposium dedicated to the memory of V.K. Bal'sevich, 31.05.2019. M.: RSUPESYT publ., 2019. pp. 35-39.