Competitive fitness may be defined as the sport-specific optimal individual status measurable by the relevant physical, emotional and thinking capacity rates. The article analyzes the junior female athletes` competitive fitness and the ways to improve it. Competitive success is determined by multiple external and internal factors of influence conditional on the individual best competitive fitness. Objective of the study was to analyze the ideal competitive fitness for success using the Anxiety Self-rating Scale, Motivational Background Scale, Achievement Motivation Test method, Sport Motivations Test, as well as Luscher Color Test. The authors developed a mental conditioning model and tested its benefits by the mental status tests prior to and after the experimental program. The new model testing experiment showed its benefits for the training and competitive performance. The individual competitive fitness was found to depend on the mastery level and competitive successes. The study also found that the more intense is the competitive process the higher is the chance to reach the ideal competitive fitness and maintain it at the optimal level on the anxiety and motivations scales.
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