спортивная деятельность

There is the problem of introspective attention at sportsmen’s activity in the article. The author expounds the results of investigation of psychological circumstances of a sportsman’s exposure to the inner factors of hindrance – physical and mental condition – and sportsmen’s attention to their influence.

The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the motivational sphere of athletes’ personality. The leading motivations for doing sports identified in groups of athletes at pre-professional, professional and super-professional stages of professional development are general physical activity, comfort, social status, social utility, communication. The paper describes the significance of these motivations, analyses and summarizes the differences in how these motivations are expressed in different groups.