Dr. Hab., Professor G.V. Rudenko¹
PhD, Associate Professor V.A. Kuvanov¹
D.A. Simakov^1
1Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg

Objective of the study was to identify the degree of manifestation of certain properties of the nervous system (anxiety, extraversion, rigidity) of combat athletes and their influence on sports results.
Methods and structure of the study. The educational experiment was conducted on the basis of Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health and Comprehensive School of High Sports Mastery and involved the athletes from various martial arts: wrestling, boxing, taekwondo, karate, and kickboxing. The subjects were tested for the degree of manifestation of certain properties of the nervous system.
Results and conclusions. The analysis of the competitive performance of the athletes with a certain nervous system feature set revealed the following patterns: athletes with a strong nervous system, who become anxious at the championships of the city and region, in general, perform somewhat worse than those who are calmer and more self-collected (unanxious extraverts); anxious introverts perform better than unanxious ones, but their competitive performance is highly unstable; unanxious introverts and extraverts demonstrate more table competitive results than anxious ones.
The findings indicate that competitive performance depends on a certain set of properties of the nervous system. It is necessary to individualize the educational and training process in conformity not only with the athletes’ skill level, gender- and age-related characteristics but also with the properties of their nervous system.

Keywords: combat sports, psychological training, properties of the nervous system, competitive activity.

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