MODERN IDEAS ABOUT THE TACTICAL TRAINING OF YOUNG SOCCER PLAYERS

Introduction. There is a pronounced contradiction between scientific and methodological data and modern approaches in training young of football players. This aspect actualizes the need for research to find modern rational approaches to the construction of its various aspects, including tactical. The aim of the study is to identify accents in the tactical training of football players in the early stages of long-term sports improvement. Material and methods. A survey (questionnaire) of football coaches working in public and private football schools in Lviv was conducted. The survey involved 50 coaches who have different ages, coaching experience, qualifications and work with different age groups of players. Methods: analysis and synthesis, survey method (questionnaire). Results. Differences in the respondents' opinions on the importance of tactical training in the early stages of long-term sports improvement in football were revealed. At the same time, most tend to consider it an important component of the training process from the stage of preliminary basic training. It was found that the use of various interactive tasks, tools, methods and forms is a priority in the tactical training of young football players. It is also important to control comprehensively the level of tactical preparedness at the stage of preliminary basic training, which is carried out in a relatively simplified environment. Conclusions. In order to effectively influence the tactical readiness of football players from an early age and prevent the acceleration of training, appropriate emphasis was identified in the implementation of this process: the optimal age to start purposeful work on tactical training of football players (11-12 years); the need to monitor the level of tactical training and the age at which to begin its implementation in the early stages of long-term sports development; components of tactical training that need to be developed in the early stages of long-term sports development of young players (tactical knowledge, thinking, skills, abilities); effective forms of tactical training and control of the level of tactical training in the e arly stages of long-term sports improvement; list of effective methods and means of tactical training of young football players; the necessity to use interactive tasks in working with young players during the implementation of tactical training, etc.