Abstract.Any type of activity requires learning of physical movements. However, only in physical education and sport, mastering of physical movements is the core of training, because in this case physical movement acts as an object, a means, and a goal of improvement. In sports, training has its own peculiar features, the essence of which is that the bulk of the new material is learned by mastering a variety of physical movements in the form of physical exercises. The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology of physical movement training in volleyball using the fundamentals of the education activity theory and developmental training and to test the methodology's effectiveness in experimental work. The results of the pedagogical experiment were analyzed. The experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of the developed approach for training of physical movements in volleyball and to check the level of knowledge of the basics of the techniques. In addition, the effects of the developed methodology on the ability of young volleyball players to differentiate their physical movements and the effects on their physical fitness were shown. In this study, an attempt was made to identify methods for solving the most important tasks of the trainer. Using the main points of the activity theory in education and developmental training, training children in the necessary techniques is faster and more efficient compared with traditional methods. In addition to directly teaching volleyball techniques, the experiment developed personality and mental abilities of children. For this purpose, trainees mastered the fundamentals of learning activities related to the ability to analyze the subject matter, identify the primary and secondary elements and their interrelation, control their movements, and evaluate the results and ways to achieve them. In the experimental group, the first training sessions showed a slight decrease in the physical density of the training sessions. This occurred because more time was spent on theoretical conversations, discussion of issues of interest, development of the training model and its use to test the main parts of the physical movements under study. This was subsequently compensated by a more rapid mastery of the technique of physical movements due to greater independence, greater activity during training sessions and fewer mistakes. Key words: training methodology, technical competence, children, volleyball.
IntroductionOne of the major issues of the theory and methodology of sports training is the objective of improving the process of training in effective physical movements in terms of intense sports activity [3, 12]. The special complexity of the abovementioned objective manifests itself in such agile sports as volleyball, where the elementary physical activities depend on both physical and mental processes and often on unpredictable movements with a diverse space-time structure.In the theory and methodology of training in physical movements in sports practice, insufficient attent...