Keyword: «athletics»

The article deals with the influence of the psychological component on endurance and speed-power qualities of cadets in educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The authors bring out the range of problems in the training of cadets in educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and personnel of the internal affairs bodies, associated with athletics in general and with middle-distance races in particular. Some recommendations on this issue are given, which should be taken into account both by cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, personnel of internal affairs bodies, and by officers responsible for physical training.

This article is devoted to the development of speed abilities in schoolchildren aged 14–15 years in athletics lessons. Athletics is an integral part of the educational process of schoolchildren. Often, basic exercises are not enough to qualitatively develop speed abilities. That is why the author, after analyzing the scientific literature, proposed a methodology with a set of exercises that favorably affect the improvement of speed indica-tors. The conducted pedagogical experiment helped to prove the effectiveness of the pro-posed complex.