Current problems of special strength training in thai boxing at the beginning stage for athletes of different age categories

The presented work reveals the essence of one of the important problems of the modern system of special strength training in Thai boxing and other types of mixed martial arts, which is connected with various ratios in the process of classes at the stage of initial training of people of different age categories, which complicates the process of developing a single model of training classes without taking into account age-related features of the body's adaptation to loads. It was established that coaches with 5±0.7 years of work experience give priority to the training of children aged 8-12 years in order to achieve success in sports activities in the future. At the same time, trainers with 16±2.5 years of experience believe that mastering an effective tactical and technical arsenal for self-defense is one of the main reasons for practicing Thai boxing for several age categories (representatives of youth and mature age). It was found that with increasing experience, coaches pay more attention not only to the problems related to the determination of optimal parameters of volume indicators, load intensity and development mechanisms, correction of appropriate training regimes, but also to issues that complicate the system of control and management of the adaptation processes of the athletes' body. onsets of different age categories to a stressful physical stimulus.