Hoof kick injuries account for a significant proportion of equine injuries and occur when riders are dismounted, most frequently when grooming without wearing protective equipment. Head and facial injuries occur most frequently and suggest that mandatory helmet and facial grill use should be considered during all horse-related activities.

This study is not able to show an association between wearing a torso protector and protection from torso injuries, probably due to confounding. We did not detect a high effect of safety vest usage in our study population. Whether the development of a new generation of safety vests might be more effective remains unclear. An effective vest should be adapted to the requirements of children and adolescents and should protect the thorax and abdomen, but also the cervical and the lumbar spine.

Equestrians wear helmets increasingly more when riding but the willingness to wear body protectors is disappointing. Protective headgear has been proven to reduce the risk of injuries but based on these data a positive effect of body protectors could not be shown. In this study safety vest users suffered from injuries of the upper body more often than those who did not wear a body protector. Children and adolescents often overestimate their skills; therefore, teaching and supervision of inexperienced young riders along with the use of protective equipment can prevent major injuries.

Statement of the problem. Specialists involved in the training of track and field athletes-walkers note the need to develop recommendations for optimizing and individualizing the training process. At the same time, experts see the problem in the need to improve the methodological framework. This article presents the role of not just a methodological complex for providing training for athletes, but a methodological complex taking into account their specialization. The purpose of the article is to identify ways for improving methodological tools when training track-and-field athletes at the stage of sports skills improvement. The research methodology consists of general scientific research methods. In particular, the method of generalization, analysis, and content analysis. The analysis resulted in conclusions that determine the role of software and methodological support. Research results. As a result of the analysis, generalization of the results of a number of authors, including practitioners, the necessity of using an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of methodological support for the training of athletes was revealed. It is proposed to use digital technologies in the development and implementation of methodological tools in the practice of coaching at the stage of improving sports mastery. Conclusion. The article proposes a new approach to the development of the methodological basis of the training process. To achieve the stage of sports skills improvement, athletes and a coach need effective teaching materials, since the period of improvement coincides with the process of preparing for a competition, and such training must take into account many factors, a coach must have a significant amount of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, and this does not always correspond to reality. At the stage of improvement, effective and tested in practice software and methodological complex can solve many problems, eliminate knowledge deficits, so its importance can hardly be overestimated. The article concludes that it is necessary to introduce programming elements, to use digital technologies in the development and use of training programs for athletes. The created program will allow a trainer to track athlete’s achievements, will allow predicting, analyzing, modeling the results achieved, and, most importantly, and to take into account the characteristics of the athlete. Such a methodological complex based on the programming language and modern digital technologies is based on interdisciplinary and integrated approaches to the problem of improving sports mastery.