Assessment and education of kinesthetic abilities of curlers in groups of initial specialized training

Abstract

The article presents tests for assessing special kinesthetic coordination abilities in curlers of 9-11 years old children, who are engaged in groups of initial specialized training.  The main goal of the presented article is development and scientific justification of complex training program which is aimed at fostering kinesthetic abilities in curling. The kinesthetic abilities in curling have particular importance when performing technical actions, since they are associated with the need for accurate dosage of the players’ own efforts, attached to the weight of the stone when it is released along the line of the brush.  Now this program is being tested at the Children’s and Youth Sports School named after K. Baibolov, Petropavlovsk. It is being finalized and supplemented with various elements from similar programs in other sports. It is assumed that the implementation of the experimental methodology of upbringing kinesthetic coordination abilities in the training process of curlers will increase not only the level of their physical fitness, but also create a good basis for the successful mastering of the technique of performing competitive exercises.