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Olkhovskiy R. M. Sport as a sphere of constructing young people’s life strategies in Russian society. Physical Education and University Sport, 2022, vol. 1, iss. 1, pp. 11-20. DOI: 10.18500/2782-4594-2022-1-1-11-20, EDN: IOITZ

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Russian
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Sports and society
Article type: 
Article
UDC: 
[316.7:796]-053.8
DOI: 
10.18500/2782-4594-2022-1-1-11-20
EDN: 
IOITZ

Sport as a sphere of constructing young people’s life strategies in Russian society

Autors: 
Olkhovskiy Roman M., Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Abstract: 

The article is devoted to the analysis of sport as a sphere of constructing the youth’s life strategies. The following interrelated issues are considered: the function of sport in modern society; the role of sport in socialization and integration of young people; general trends in the development of sports in Russia; conditions for the construction of young people’s life strategies in Russian sport. The researcher has defined the stages of life strategies typical of all the athletes: at the beginning of sports activities, interest and value perception of sports is developed; in the training period there is an increase in the number of competitions and intensification of the training process; in the professional period, the sports career is flourishing; in the post-professional period, the sports career ends with a professional reorientation.

Key words: 
sports
physical culture
society
self-determination
professional choice
life strategies of young people
value attitudes
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Received: 
02.02.2022
Accepted: 
01.03.2022
Published: 
30.06.2022