The application of a stage-wave model of the adaptation of finswimmers to a change of sports equipment in the conditions of an annual training macrocycle

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Dudchenko P.P.
Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University (Tula, Russia).
Email: pasith@mail.ru

No. 9, pp. 95–97

Published: 25.09.2026

CC BY-SA 4.0

Abstract

Objective of the study is the assessment of the effectiveness of introducing a stage-wave model of the adaptation of finswimmers to a change of sports equipment in the structure of an annual training macrocycle. Methods and structure of the study. The scientific work was conducted in 2024-2025 on the basis of the State Institution of Supplementary Education of the Tula Region ‘Regional Comprehensive Sports School of the Olympic Reserve’ of the city of Tula. 49 athletes aged 13-16 specialising in finswimming took part in the experiment. The experimental group consisted of 24 people, the control group of 25 people, with a comparable initial level of preparedness. In the experimental group, a specially developed stage-wave model was realised, including diagnostic, preparatory, adaptation, stabilisation and competitive stages. Results and conclusions. It was established that the application of the model contributes to the shortening of the terms of adaptation to new sports equipment, the reduction of the number of technical errors, the increase in the level of adaptation readiness and the improvement of sporting results. The obtained data confirm the practical expediency of introducing the stage-wave model into the system of the multi-year preparation of finswimmers.

KEYWORDS

finswimming, adaptation of athletes, sports equipment, monofin, stage-wave model, training process, athletic preparation.

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