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**Rank of**

**92**

**Questionnaire**

**Motives of qualified athletes**

**Average score,**

**Standard error,**

**Median, Me**

**Mode, Mo**

**Standard**

**deviation, σ**

**(points)**

**(points)**

**(points)**

**m (points)**

**X (points)**

5692 5538

components:

5308

0.29

5

5

1.03

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competitions,

 etc. 5154 5154 4923 4846 4769 4615 4538

 4462 4385 4154

0.61

5

5

2.19

0.29

4

4

1.04

0.78 0.90

5

1

3.26

4

1

2.82

0.83

4

3

2.99

0.39

5

5

1.42

0.42

5

5

1.52

0.55

4

4

1.98

0.64

5

6

2.30

0.54

5

5

1.95

0.62

7

7

2.22

0.73

6

6

2.63

**number**

**relevance**

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

20

19

Because this kind of sport is very beautiful

To have more friends

29

 It's nice when athletes are shown on television, when people talk

about them on the radio, in newspapers

 and magazines

24

 This is a sport where you can train

10

 The

requirements

 of this sport are clear and close to my inner

beliefs and values individually,

others

 regardless of

4077 4077 4000 3846

0.77

3

2

2.79

0.38

4

4

1.35

0.43

4

3

1.55

0.58

3

3

2.10

9

 The ability to throw out emotions, relieve nervous and mental

tension

27

 Family tradition, parents (brother or sister) are engaged in sports

40

Desire to become a leader, a captain of the team

35

32

To recover quickly from illness (injury)

My coach invited me to join the team

34

I believe that only in this sport I will be able to achieve

11

 I'm engaged in this activity for a long time. I got used to, and

cannot do anything else

37

To be more attractive to the opposite sex

1

You are always in a state of physical or emotional stress

5

You like the process of sports training and its

training, training camps, friendly games, control

36

To live up to the hopes of my coach, parents

38

Because doing sports increases self-esteem

category is the motive "To quit bad habits, break with bad company, move away from the street" with an average of 2.923. Values of mode (Mo) in the group of motives "Absolutely not important"—1 point, medians (Me)—2–3 points; the standard error (m) from 0.40 to 0.62 indicates the unanimity of the opinion of the athletes and the regularity of falling of these motives in the category of "absolutely not important".

In this regard, the relevance of developing and improving the methodology for sports training of qualified 5 5 (B1) football players (sports of the blind) is beyond

*Motives of Training and Sport Routine Highly Qualified Athletes of 5-a-Side Blind Football…*

Summing up the research attention should be paid to homogeneity and collective opinion regarding the group of motives of each significance category. Analytical calculations confirm this thesis. The survey results suggest that highly qualified. Paralympic blind football players, possessing significant baggage of competitive experience, mainly international, are aware of the significant requirements of the sport in question, appreciating the importance of the correct way to prepare an

In accordance with this, the sports training of highly qualified Paralympic blind football players should be determined by the scientific and methodological content and be based on the international best practices of the best teams in organizing the

Such an approach will allow not only high-class athletes to realize their potential and achieve the highest results, but also less qualified players to improve their skills and become candidates for joining the national team of the country in the future.

I would like to thank everyone who participated and continues to participate in the study of the problems of Paralympic futsal (blind sports) in Russia. First of all, I would like to mention the doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor and part-time colleague of mine in five-a-side blind football sports team of the Russian Federation Alexander Makhov for valuable advice, guidance, experience in preparing and organizing scientific activities. My friend, chief and also colleague on the Russian national team, Pechenin Kirill, who supports me in my initiatives, provides a basis

I also express my respect for the work to the head coach of the Russian national

team Alexander Nikolaevich Erastov, in which the team became the European champion in 2017, as well as to the head of the team Sputnov Valery Vasilyevich for

doubt.

athlete.

sports training process.

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**Acknowledgements**

for research on the above topics.

**Author details**

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Konstantin Popenko

unlimited optimism and imagination.

Yoshkar-Ola, Republic of Mari El, Russia

provided the original work is properly cited.

\*Address all correspondence to: minsport.popenko@yandex.ru

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The motive group "Not very important" (3–4 points) is the largest, 15 motives from the average value of 3.462 ("Approval and support from important people for me: relatives, friends, other close people") to 4.923 ("I'm engaged in this activity for a long time. I got used to, and can't do anything else"). The group is characterized by equal values of analytical indicators: mode from 1 to 5 points, median—2-5 points, standard deviation (σ) does not exceed the value of 3.26 points, and the error is not more than 0.9 points. The homogeneity of the motives of this group under consideration is confirmed by the indicators of excess (Ex) and asymmetry (As) close to the symmetric distribution. The motive group "Quite important" (5–6 points) consists of 10 motives from 5.154 ("To be more attractive to the opposite sex") to 6.692 ("Desire to become a master of sports (master of sports of international class)"). The group is characterized by a symmetrical distribution, close points of the mean, mode and median. The values of the standard deviation and standard error also do not stand out from the general trend. Everything speaks of the homogeneity of the motives in question and the same opinion of the respondents regarding them.

The motives category (7–8 points) included motives with an average score of 7.154–8.769 (indicated by increasing average value): "The opportunity to express yourself, your abilities, skills, personal qualities", "The desire to improve my abilities, there is no limit to perfection", "It's nice to feel a sense of accomplishment in front of teammates", "Desire to become the champion of the country, Europe, the world and Paralympic games", "Develops character, mental and physical qualities", "Improvement of personal qualities such as endurance, will, mutual assistance, patience", "The opportunity to join the national team and represent my country at international competitions", "High prestige of victories in major competitions" and "Your motive is achievement of success which is constantly supported by intermediate achievements: a goal, a victory, a medal". Despite a slight divergence of motives in terms of analytical indicators in each individual case, the general characteristic of their homogeneity and regularity of attribution to this group remains.

The most significant and relevant motives for the respondents-players of the Russian national team (9–10 points) were the motive "It's nice to experience the joy of the victory" with average value of 9.0 and the motive "Sport of the highest achievements as a way of material and financial support for myself and my family"- 9.462. In both cases, the median and mode correspond to the average score, the standard deviation is close to unity, and the error showed no more than 0.3 points. The exponents of the symmetric distribution of Ex and As are close to the normal distribution (**Table 2**).

## **3. Conclusions**

Summarizing the results, it should be emphasized the homogeneity and the same attitude of the Russian national team players to the motives proposed in the questionnaire to engage in five-a-side blind football. The values of the totality of analytical indicators reinforce the conclusion about the regularity of ranking and classifying each motive in the corresponding category of significance.

*Motives of Training and Sport Routine Highly Qualified Athletes of 5-a-Side Blind Football… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.90900*

In this regard, the relevance of developing and improving the methodology for sports training of qualified 5 5 (B1) football players (sports of the blind) is beyond doubt.

Summing up the research attention should be paid to homogeneity and collective opinion regarding the group of motives of each significance category. Analytical calculations confirm this thesis. The survey results suggest that highly qualified.

Paralympic blind football players, possessing significant baggage of competitive experience, mainly international, are aware of the significant requirements of the sport in question, appreciating the importance of the correct way to prepare an athlete.

In accordance with this, the sports training of highly qualified Paralympic blind football players should be determined by the scientific and methodological content and be based on the international best practices of the best teams in organizing the sports training process.

Such an approach will allow not only high-class athletes to realize their potential and achieve the highest results, but also less qualified players to improve their skills and become candidates for joining the national team of the country in the future.

## **Acknowledgements**

category is the motive "To quit bad habits, break with bad company, move away from the street" with an average of 2.923. Values of mode (Mo) in the group of motives "Absolutely not important"—1 point, medians (Me)—2–3 points; the standard error (m) from 0.40 to 0.62 indicates the unanimity of the opinion of the athletes and the regularity of falling of these motives in the category of "absolutely

The motive group "Not very important" (3–4 points) is the largest, 15 motives from the average value of 3.462 ("Approval and support from important people for me: relatives, friends, other close people") to 4.923 ("I'm engaged in this activity for a long time. I got used to, and can't do anything else"). The group is characterized by equal values of analytical indicators: mode from 1 to 5 points, median—2-5 points, standard deviation (σ) does not exceed the value of 3.26 points, and the error is not more than 0.9 points. The homogeneity of the motives of this group under consideration is confirmed by the indicators of excess (Ex) and asymmetry (As) close to the symmetric distribution. The motive group "Quite important" (5–6 points) consists of 10 motives from 5.154 ("To be more attractive to the opposite sex") to 6.692 ("Desire to become a master of sports (master of sports of international class)"). The group is characterized by a symmetrical distribution, close points of the mean, mode and median. The values of the standard deviation and standard error also do not stand out from the general trend. Everything speaks of the homogeneity of the motives in question and the same opinion of the respon-

The motives category (7–8 points) included motives with an average score of 7.154–8.769 (indicated by increasing average value): "The opportunity to express yourself, your abilities, skills, personal qualities", "The desire to improve my abilities, there is no limit to perfection", "It's nice to feel a sense of accomplishment in front of teammates", "Desire to become the champion of the country, Europe, the world and Paralympic games", "Develops character, mental and physical qualities", "Improvement of personal qualities such as endurance, will, mutual assistance, patience", "The opportunity to join the national team and represent my

country at international competitions", "High prestige of victories in major competitions" and "Your motive is achievement of success which is constantly supported by intermediate achievements: a goal, a victory, a medal". Despite a slight divergence of motives in terms of analytical indicators in each individual case, the general characteristic of their homogeneity and regularity of attribution

The most significant and relevant motives for the respondents-players of the Russian national team (9–10 points) were the motive "It's nice to experience the joy of the victory" with average value of 9.0 and the motive "Sport of the highest achievements as a way of material and financial support for myself and my family"- 9.462. In both cases, the median and mode correspond to the average score, the standard deviation is close to unity, and the error showed no more than 0.3 points. The exponents of the symmetric distribution of Ex and As are close to the normal

Summarizing the results, it should be emphasized the homogeneity and the same attitude of the Russian national team players to the motives proposed in the questionnaire to engage in five-a-side blind football. The values of the totality of analyt-

ical indicators reinforce the conclusion about the regularity of ranking and classifying each motive in the corresponding category of significance.

not important".

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dents regarding them.

to this group remains.

distribution (**Table 2**).

**3. Conclusions**

**94**

I would like to thank everyone who participated and continues to participate in the study of the problems of Paralympic futsal (blind sports) in Russia. First of all, I would like to mention the doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor and part-time colleague of mine in five-a-side blind football sports team of the Russian Federation Alexander Makhov for valuable advice, guidance, experience in preparing and organizing scientific activities. My friend, chief and also colleague on the Russian national team, Pechenin Kirill, who supports me in my initiatives, provides a basis for research on the above topics.

I also express my respect for the work to the head coach of the Russian national team Alexander Nikolaevich Erastov, in which the team became the European champion in 2017, as well as to the head of the team Sputnov Valery Vasilyevich for unlimited optimism and imagination.
