Physical education classes are an effective means of addressing one of the main goals of pedagogy – to cultivate a healthy, comprehensively developed personality. Parents give clear preferences to martial arts and wrestling. Sambo, judo, freestyle wrestling, classical wrestling are cultivated in Russia and have a long history. Over the decades of training, various approaches to athlete preparation have been developed, allowing for improvement in all stages of training, including the selection of promising participants. The article presents the data obtained as a result of the research, reflects the leading physical abilities, types of the nervous system that ensure high performance in competitions.
wrestling, sports selection, training process, physical abilities
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