Regulace předstartovních stavů v dráhové cyklistice
The regulation of pre-start conditions in track cycling

Summary/Abstract: In the present contribution, we focused on the research of the proportion of dynamics related to subjectiveexperience and the states of personality before and after the sport performance in the competitionwith the top athletes in track cycling. To improve the performance for individu al athletes, we usedindividual regulatory means, then we determined the changes in pre-start state and the changes insubjective experience and their proportion in current performance. To investigate the proportion ofdynamics of subjective personality states, we used standardized SUPSO questionnaires and the SPAROquestionnaire; for the purpose of investigation, we used only the questionnaire components relatedto the psychological characteristics of the top athlete’s personality that may influence the sport performance(Mikšík, 2004). Selected values of subjective experience from the SUPSO questionnaire werecompared with the selected values from the SPARO questionnaire in six track cycling sprinters. Afterthat, we co-operated with the coaches to implement individually regulatory means aimed at improvingthe pre-start state of the athletes and, subsequently, we investigated their subjective emotionsafter the performance and at the same time also their placement in the competition. We found that,in some components of dynamic subjective emotions of track cyclists, there are statistically significantdifferences between individuals, especially in the area of psychological lability versus stability, andpsychological disturbances that, in some cases, turned into depression. These subjective emotions adversely affected the performance of individuals. This article analyses the results of the selected athlete (keirin discipline) in detail to highlight the need for psychological training in top sport. The research investigation revealed that the current psychological state of sprinter in track cycling, if not properlyregulated, indicates that the selected testee is subjected to more psychological pressures before thestart. In the zone of lability versus stability, the effective capacity of testee’s brain is also changed.Therefore, the athlete is often mistaken in tactics during the competition, which is reflected not onlyin his performance but also in his placement in the competition.

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