Effectiveness of interactive tasks in tactical training of 11-12-year-old football players.

Formulation of the problem. The level of tactical preparation of a football player is one of the determining factors of the success of his actions during competitive activities. A significant number of foreign specialists emphasize the importance of purposeful tactical training of football players starting from a young age which confirms its effectiveness in the practical activities of the world's leading football clubs (Italy, Spain, Germany, etc.). Approach. In order to determine the level of psychophysiological properties and mental processes of 11-12-year-old children, a pedagogical observation was conducted of one hundred football players who play in the Youth Football Club of FC "Lviv". In order to find out the requirements for tactical training and the focus of interactive tasks on the tactical training of football players, a survey of football coaches was conducted (a total of fifty football coaches were interviewed). Also, in order to determine the effectiveness of the author's program of tactical training in comparison with the traditional one, a pedagogical experiment was conducted, in which forty 11-12-year-old football players who play in the "Rukh" Lviv Junior High School took part. Objective - to substantiate scientifically the effectiveness of the tactical training program for football players aged 11-12 years using interactive tasks. Results. It was established that in general, the body of children aged 11-12 years demonstrates a sufficient level of indicators of psychophysiological properties (speed of simple and complex reactions) and mental processes (thinking, attention, memory, etc.) for the implementation of purposeful tactical training. The total changes in the tactical preparedness of football players of the experimental and control groups according to the indicators of offensive and defensive actions during the pedagogical experiment showed a complete advantage of the EG players over the CG players. The experimental group's offensive abilities improved by 10.3% and defensive abilities by 9.4% compared to the results demonstrated before the start of the experiment. Conclusions. The higher efficiency of the program of tactical training of football players aged 11-12 years, which is based on the application of various interactive tasks, compared to the traditional training program used in the practice of Ukrainian football, has been established. The higher influence of the proposed author's program on the indicators of mental processes and the level of tactical preparedness of young football players was noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]