Structure and content of a training camp of general preparatory specialization for highly qualified female handball players during preparation for responsible competitions

One of the factors that ensured the success of the Russian women’s national handball team at the Games of the ХХХI Olympiad of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, was a high level of functional readiness of the athletes. The foundation of this component of preparedness have been laid during the training camp of general preparatory specialization, held a month before the start of the largest sports forum. Its structure consisted of three four-day shock microcycles. The features of this camp were: the work according to flexible preparation plans, providing priority and sequence of tasks, as well as the correction of planned load parameters in keeping with the dynamics of the athletes’ state; predominant use of training sessions of a complex character, culminating in remedial activities with water procedures; significant variety of motor tasks with high energy cost. Every working day included, in addition to the morning physical exercises, two training sessions conducted during daily peaks of the general physical capacity of the athletes...