TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING THE FLEXIBILITY OF GIRLS 6-7 YEARS OLD WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS AT THE STAGE OF PRELIMINARY BASIC TRAINING

Relevance of the research topic. The article is devoted to the study of the development of the flexibility of 6-7-year-old female artistic gymnasts at the stage of preliminary basic training. The modern system of multi-year training of young female athletes in artistic gymnastics is constantly developing in accordance with new trends and laws of the development of Olympic sports. Special importance is attached to the development of flexibility in artistic gymnastics, in which most elements are performed with a large amplitude of movements, mobility in the joints and flexibility of the musculoskeletal system.The purpose of the research is to develop and scientifically substantiate the methodology of flexibility development in gymnasts-artists aged 6-7 years at the stage of preliminary basic training. Research methods: analysis and generalization of specialized scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical observation, testing, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. The frequency of training sessions was 4 times a week, the duration of which was 120 minutes.The results. After the study, the level of flexibility indicators in the experimental group of 6-7-year- old female artists revealed the reliability of the differences in the tests that measured flexibility in the spine, in the shoulder and hip joints: "bend back to a vertical position in 20 seconds lying on the stomach", "tilt of the torso forward from a sitting position", "gymnastic bridge", "gymnastic stick transfer from front-back-forward", "right-handed twine from a gymnastic bench", "left-handed twine from a gymnastic bench", "lumbar twine" (p<0.05).There was also an increase in CG in the tests "tilt the body forward from a sitting position","right and left splits from the gymnastic bench" (p<0.05).   Conclusions.  Purposeful implementation of combined exercises in the education of flexibility will allow gymnasts to master special movements, motor actions and dance exercises that are mandatory in artistic gymnastics much faster, and this, in turn, will have a qualitative impact on the further stages of multi- year sports training of young people artists 6-7 years old.