The growing popularity of Ukrainian belt wrestling in Ukraine and the world is due to the peculiarities of belt wrestling and the rules of the match, unlike other types of belt wrestling. Due to the peculiarity of the rules of conducting a match in Ukrainian belt wrestling, the method of conducting an educational and training process to increase the level of sportsmanship requires the latest approaches at various stages of long-term sports training, in contrast to other types of belt wrestling, where there is already a clear method of preparation for various competitions. The problems of improving the quality of the educational and training process of athletes in Ukrainian belt wrestling attract the attention of both domestic and foreign scientists. The aim of the study: to improve the theoretical training of athletes in Ukrainian belt wrestling at the stages of multi-year sports training to improve the training and education process of wrestlers and increase the level of sports preparedness. Research methods: theoretical (analysis of scientific and methodological, regulatory and historical literature), pedagogical (pedagogical observation, testing, level of sports training), medical and biological (heart rate, blood pressure), mathematical research methods. Conclusions: in sports training, the most significant changes occurred in the level of theoretical training of athletes of the experimental group, the level of which increased by 33.2%, in psychological training, the emotional state of athletes in the experimental group improved by 29.7%, the level of technical and tactical training of athletes in the experimental group increased by 28 .5%, the level of physical fitness of athletes of the experimental group increased by 11.8%.

In today's socio-economic conditions, the professional training of students in higher educational establishments, which most concretely embodies the principle of the organic connection of physical education with the practice of work activity, is of great importance. The purpose of physical education in educational institutions is to facilitate the preparation of harmoniously, highly skilled specialists. In the process of training from the course of physical education, the tasks are to be solved: education of students of high moral, volitional and physical qualities, readiness for highly productive work; preservation and strengthening of health, promotion of proper formation and comprehensive development of the organism, maintenance of high efficiency during the whole period of training; comprehensive physical training of students; their profile physical training taking into account the peculiarities of future labor activity; acquisition of students the necessary knowledge on the basics of theory, methodology and organization of physical education and sports training; education of students convinced of the need to regularly engage in physical education and sports. From the practice of production, it is known that highly productive labor in most cases is ensured not only by the presence of an interest in the worker in his profession, but also his body's adaptation to the implementation of motor operations associated with its production activity. As indicated by scientific studies, the interest of students is usually lost to any type of motor activity, if it causes him a rapid physical and psychological fatigue. The realities of the country's economy point to the need to create and expand the labor market, which now has a high demand for skilled workers in the manufacturing spheres of many sectors of the national economy. Proceeding from this, a significant part of our youth is aware of this fact and seeks to get such professions, which have the greatest demand for production, linking their future with the hope of high-paying work, and with it, with their stable and worthy future personal life. At the same time, human activity, physical culture and sports are important factors for improvement, health promotion, which ultimately enhances the creative activity of man and his ability to work.