Anti-doping work with young athletes

Educational anti-doping activities among young athletes is conducted in all countries of the world by various organizations. In particular, the anti-doping education programs are implemented at all youth tournaments under the auspices of UEFA, as well as at the European Championships among youth. This program came into force in 2005 during the final stage of the European championship among boys under 19 years old. The purpose of the program - to educate young athletes about the dangers of doping, and help them avoid the pitfalls of various doping. As a result, career and health of every young player will be protected. We use video in which football legends such as Frank Rijkaard, Paolo Maldini and Peter Schmeichel have warned about the dangers of doping. In this video, UEFA President Michel Platini said: "Do not take a drug, because it does not make you a better player."

It should be noted that today the work on creation of anti-doping education programs are actively carried out in Russia. Russian scientists can be regarded as leaders in the global community to advance the anti-doping program beyond the big sport. First of all, in school.

In different regions of Russia took efforts to organize educational activities aimed at the prevention of doping, especially among young athletes.

This activity is carried out by various organizations: the National Anti-Doping Organization RUSADA, Russian Federal Service for Drug Control, as well as directly to the staff of youth sports schools.

Workshops are held at major junior tournaments in the form of a conversation. When working with children available for use of their understanding of the material form of the active use of facts, figures, living examples of the different kinds of sports.

When the workshop was held in the hall, then used the presentation, which allows more efficient to convey to children and teenagers stuff.

At the end of the workshop, participants respond to the questionnaire prepared for the assimilation of the material:

1. What is doping and why it is forbidden?

2. What is the Prohibited List and what is it for?

3. The impact of doping on health and the future of sport athlete (consideration of prohibited substances and methods in sport, the consequences of their use)

4. Danger of marijuana and drug

5. Responsibility of athletes

6. How to say no to doping

Different situations to supporting athletes right behaviors are also considered.

Employees RUSADA believe that working with children is important to focus on the ethical principles, the increasing importance of fair sport, respect for the opponent; to move away from the principle of "win at all costs."

Advocacy interviews with athletes on the problems of doping and engaged employees Drug Control Service of Russia. By arrangement with the sports officials in the near future events of this kind will continue. One of them is the participation of police in the seminar-meeting of sports coaches.

During the anti-doping experts on the prevention of drug use is carried out with students of youth sports schools a number of preventive talks. In addition to information general preventive nature, specialists read lectures on the use of performance-enhancing drugs, especially Anabolic Steroids, which cause serious damage to health. A number of consumers of steroids may even cause psychological dependence. Pay attention to Mildronate, active components Meldonium

Also held meetings with the heads of sports federations. Experts inform on liability for illegal transactions with potent drugs, which include and substances that make up the dope.

In order to fight against doping in all its forms, promote open competition, concern for the health of practicing sports All-Russian public organization "Russian Union representatives sports schools" developed and implemented the project "Educational activities on the basics of prevention of doping among those engaged in the educational institutions of sports orientation" .

The project involves the organization of sports training and teaching staff Youth, Sports School, Sports School, RBM on the basics of prevention activities among those engaged in the educational institutions of sports orientation.

The main objectives of the project:

•  training for managers, supervisors, trainers, teachers Youth, Sports School, Sports School, RBM basics of preventive work on the use of doping by athletes;
•  training for managers, supervisors, trainers, teachers Youth, Sports School, Sports School, RBM modern principles of application of pharmacological agents, basics of anti-doping policies in sport;
• propaganda tools of sports activity in the prevention of drug abuse and doping in sport, increase the number of children, adolescents and young adults with active recreation and a healthy lifestyle.

In Moscow, implementing a comprehensive anti-doping program "Honest sports", developed in accordance with the standards and requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency and UNESCO.

This program provides for the implementation of information and educational project of prevention of doping athletes, testing students of educational institutions for the presence in the body of prohibited substances, the publication of information and reference materials, organization of telephone help desk "Attention, a dope!", The creation of a dedicated website, holding various studies.

Program Developer: State Institution Moscow City "Centre of innovative sports technology," the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the City of Moscow (GU "Moskomsporta DPT").

The "Honest sports" is the basis for the development of other programs (both complex and partial), an organization aimed at the prevention of doping in sport.

The purpose of the Program - the creation of a unified urban combat the spread of doping among the Moscow system of athletes of all ages.

Program Objectives:

• sociological research to monitor the position against doping in sport;
• Development and implementation of information and educational projects;
• organization and carrying out of doping control at all levels of training of athletes;
• Development of a system of effective application of functional sports nutrition products, anti-doping recovery tools and improve performance of athletes;
• certification of sports doctors Moskomsporta system on knowledge of anti-doping rules and procedures

A list of the main activities:

1) development and implementation of information and educational programs for the prevention of doping among athletes of Moscow;

2) the publication of information and educational and reference materials;

3) the creation and launch of reference services on anti-doping "Attention, a dope!";

4) sociological research Moscow athletes;

5) development of a system of effective application of functional foods and sports nutrition anti-doping recovery tools and improve performance of athletes;

6) organization and conduct of doping - control of athletes in Moscow with guidance FSUE "Anti-Doping Center";

7) training of inspectors doping - control;

8) organizing and conducting seminars for sports physicians, coaches and sports therapists institutions subordinated MOSCOMSPORT;

9) attestation sports doctors Moskomsporta system on knowledge of anti-doping rules and procedures;

10) participation in national and international conferences on the fight against doping in sport;

11) the establishment and development of cooperation with the regional anti-doping organizations of foreign countries.

It should be noted that awareness of both young and adult athletes in matters of doping is extremely low. Therefore, "RUSADA" is preparing programs for athletes 8-12 years and 12-16 years. It includes the distribution of: Anti-Doping literature for children and adolescents, visual aids, anti-doping lessons, quizzes, competitions.

The Institute is also working on the implementation of anti-doping programs among young athletes in sports institutions of additional education and schools with sport classes. The staff of the Institute have developed training materials intended for educational psychologists, athletes, coaches and parents of young athletes for the preventive anti-doping work

Today, the various alternatives considered doping. Recently in Russia paid attention to the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), which has been successfully used in countries such as the USA, Australia, Germany to solve the problems the athlete to improve his performance exactly methods of psychology direction. In the arsenal of NLP hypnotic techniques exist that allow the athlete to focus on the refusal of admission of doping. They differ somewhat from autogenous training or classic hypnosis.

Admission doping athlete (eg athlete), as a behavioral act, influences its psychophysiological state and abilities (he quickly runs, starts better and stronger opponents do not cause state "jim-jams" Nuisance act effectively, as has happened before), as well also changes some persuasion (if I have taken doping, I can win, I will succeed). In this case, the inner "permission" to accept doping due to the implementation of the goals (if I win this tournament, then I will go to the Olympic Games) and the athlete's values (important for me to my coach respect and I want to fulfill your potential in sports), and sometimes (especially in sports higher achievements) there is a correlation with the level of personal identity (I - champion) and even supergoal (to Russia flourished).

Specialists of the "NLP in Sport" with the Laboratory of Psychology has developed a scheme of systematic approach to solving the problem of the use of doping by athletes using NLP techniques, taking into account the abovementioned psychological characteristics. The idea or concept of substitution doping psychological impact of NLP lies in the peculiarities of the impact of NLP techniques to the unconscious realm of man. Using NLP approaches to the replacement of doping can be a very promising method, since psychological tools of neuro-linguistic programming can activate the deep physiological resources of the unconscious sphere.