Associate Professor, PhD E.T. Kolunin
Institute of Physical Education of Tyumen State University, Tyumen

The article contains the results of a coaches' survey on the issue of sport reserve training at the initial stage of the long-term training. The survey was conducted in the period from September 2015 through March 2016. Subject to survey were 79 coaches, working in sport schools and sport youth centers of Tyumen and the Tyumen region.
The survey revealed the optimal age to start sports, key physical qualities and the percentage of time required for athletes' overall conditioning. It was found that gymnastics means are the most effective exercises to achieve the main objectives at the initial stage of training of sport reserve.

Keywords: sport reserve, initial training, physical training, gymnastics means, coaches.

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