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The research purpose was to develop a model of the Olympic training cycle in team sports. Methods and organization. The study employed simulation modeling. Original training data from the Russian men's national field hockey team across three Olympic cycles (2004-2016) were used.
Results and discussion. We proposed a framework of parameters and indicators for structuring the Olympic training cycle in team sports:
Block "A": Indicators of the annual season structure.
Block "B": Training loads with different energy emphases.
Block "C": Competition load indicators.
Block "D": Indicators of athletes' energy metabolism and functional fitness.
Block "E": Expert assessment indicators of team performance in official national (all-Russian) and international competitions, serving as criteria for evaluating competitive activity.
Unlike models for cyclic sports, we proposed team-based and individual models for indicators of energy metabolism and functional fitness. A comprehensive model for structuring the Olympic training cycle was developed.
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