SOCIAL INTERACTION AND VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF TOP-LEVEL SPORTS TEAMS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of the processes of social interaction and value orientations of sports teams of high performance sports. The study was carried out on the basis of the expert sociological survey conducted in 2016 among athletes who are professionally engaged in bobsleigh, who were at competitions in the training center Sanki, Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, on the bobsleigh track. The expert survey method is a formalized interview. Athletes represented the following regions: Voronezh, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Oryol, Saratov. According to the results of a survey of experts, the author justifies the importance of acquiring value orientations that contribute to the personal development of athletes and successful achievement of the goals of a sports team, highlights several basic values of a sports team of high performance sports. The author substantiates the thesis that communication is one of the main tools providing social interaction. Its successful use contributes to the achievement of the desired results in the sport of higher achievements. Attention is focused on the specific features and functions of the value orientations of top-performing sports teams. These features are based on various forms of the inclusion of team values in the individual consciousness of its members, as well as on the formation of athletes' personal qualities (balance and confidence; self-control, mobility, initiative, hard work and dedication) and team-wide characteristics (friendliness, loyalty, enthusiasm and cooperation).