Economic Efficiency of Training a Sports Reserve at a University of Physical Culture and Sports

Abstract

The development of student sports is an important socially significant state task. In the current conditions, in the absence of direct return on investment in student sports, the preparation of a sports reserve on a state assignment can become the economic basis for the development of sports at universities. The first sports reserve training programs in Russian universities were opened in 2023. The purpose of the study was to assess the economic efficiency of training a sports reserve under an additional sports training program using the example of a university subordinate to the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, in the interests of further directions for the development of student sports and its state support. A generalization of the preliminary results of training the sports reserve for additional educational programs of sports training was carried out. Data on basic cost standards established by the Ministry of Sports and the Committee on Economic Policy and Strategic Planning of St. Petersburg were used. The accepted standards of basic unit direct costs encourage the university to form sports training groups that match the number of students with the maximum allowed group size. Integration of educational activities and sports training makes it possible to reduce the cost of wages for coaches involved in sports training programs. The integration of educational activities and sports training also allows us to solve the problem of reducing the workload of coaches per one salary due to the harmonization of legislation in the field of physical culture and sports and education.