The relationship between participant self-evaluation, coach competence, participant tasks achievement and participant potential after underwriting boccia training program

Background and purpose. Due to the high loads of skilled underwater swimmers during the competitive period, the use of recovery means to improve the functional capabilities of athletes is of particular importance. Purpose: To experimentally test the recovery methodology in the competitive period of swimmers specialising in bilast and monolast swimming based on the use of sauna, taping and massage. Material and Methods: 10 diving swimmers aged 18-20 years (males), who have the title of master of sports, who train in the swimming pool "Kupava", Brovary. The experiment was conducted from January to May 2023. Swimmers were divided into two groups depending on their specialisation: swimming with a monolast and swimming with a bilast. Methods: theoretical analysis of scientific literature, testing of "Surface Flipper Swimming (SF)", "Bi-flipper Swimming (BF)" at distances of 50 metres during the competition period. Results: As a result of the experiment, athletes specialising in swimming with a monofin significantly reduced the time of swimming the distance (p<0.05) in the test "Surface Flipper Swimming (SF)", as a result of testing "Breathless Swimming (BF)", a significant improvement in the results of athletes was not revealed. The presented method allows to significantly improve the functional state of the neuromuscular apparatus, preparing the swimmers' organism for repeated physical loads, because the cyclic muscular activity in swimming in fins makes particularly high demands on the cardiovascular system, and special performance clearly correlates with the characteristic of functional abilities of the heart of qualified athletes Conclusions. The results of the study confirmed the effectiveness of the use of combined methods of recovery in the competitive process of qualified scuba divers, based on the use of sauna, massage, taping.