Typological Features of Temperament and Properties of the Nervous System of Athletes of Team Sports
Keywords:
athletes, temperament, phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine, football, basketball.Abstract
Modern sports training puts before athletes the need to overcome extremely
difficult, and in some cases, exorbitant psychoemotional and physical stress, especially in the
competitive period.
This article discusses the temperament properties of athletes involved in football and
basketball. The study involved 60 athletes (30 football players and 30 basketball players) of boys
and youths aged 14-16 years. The testing technique assumed the identification of types of higher
nervous activity, as well as the influence of temperamen on sports activities.
It has been established that choleric athletes of both groups are typical extroverts, phlegmatic
people are characterized by traits of an introverted personality type, and sanguine people occupy
an intermediate position.
Since the temperament of a person is directly related to the features of the nervous system, the
study of psychology in groups of athletes becomes necessary. Influence of typological features of
manifestation of properties of nervous system on strong-willed qualities (patience, persistence) of
athletes [1].
