Foreign literature contents studies about the general effects of vibrostimulation on the human work capacity, so we had an interest in local vibrostimulations application possibilities in the Olympic kind of sport - bobsleigh. Aim of study was to determine how local vibrostimulation can be used in bobsleigh and whether it is appropriate. As main methods we used method of test exercise, vibrostimulation, pedagogical experiment and method of questionnaire. Study took place in Ventspils Olympic Sports Center, Latvian bobsleigh team training camp during the sample period from 12th to 17th July. The study subjects was 26±2 years old, average weight 99±3kg, their experience aim a high performance sports training process an average of 6 years (including bobsleigh), n = 10. During all the camp the athletes took the test exercises - bobsleigh push from standing position and bobsleigh push from run. In addition we interviewed athletes' group, which took procedures of vibrostimulation to determine the muscle senses during and after vibration, as well as areas where the vibration should not be applied. Processing the experimental results we found that in bobsleigh push from standing position the mean results of experimental group remained worse. In bobsleigh push from run results of both groups deteriorated by 0.02sec (p> 0.05). Comparing the groups the difference was not reliable at the beginning of the experiment, at the end of the experiment (tt> te). Processing results of questionnaire found that the athletes feel very unpleasant during and after vibrostimulation of calves muscle tendons (four respondents), quadriceps and calves muscle vibrostimulation (three respondents). Athletes mentioned the fact that just after vibrostimulation seen quite a feeling of lightness in leg musculature.
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