Dr.Sc.Psych., Professor O.I. Shcherbakova¹
Dr.Sc.Tech., Professor A.K. Chernykh²
PhD, Associate Professor D.A. Balakhanova¹
PhD, Associate Professor V.O. Midova^1
1Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow
²St. Petersburg Military Institute of National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

The study gives a special priority to the still underexplored issues of stress tolerance and stressors in the modern academic sports in the context of the relevant psychological theory and practices, for the mental balance control purposes.
Nowadays it is common knowledge that the stress test, prevention and mitigation issues are critically important for success in sports, particularly in the emotionally intensive sport disciplines that imply multiple interpersonal contacts. A special priority shall be given to the early stress tests by a variety of stress test methods and tools to rate individual stress exposures and apply, on a timely basis, the most efficient stress mitigation and tolerance building policies and practices. Subject to the stress typing and rating tests under the study was a group of academic athletes, followed by the tests of a stress control model of the authors’ own design including the special stress control and mitigation practices to efficiently build up individual stress tolerance systems.

Keywords: stress, stress conditions, mental conditioning, emotionality control, behavioral control tools.

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