Objective of the study was to develop and offer an individual precompetitive mental conditioning technology customizable to the personality traits. Methods and structure of the study. We run an analysis of the relevant scientific literature, factor analysis and used the M.A. Kuzmin and A.N. Nikolaev methods for the study purposes [2-4]. Having analyzed the individual mental adaptabilities of the athletes, we developed an individualized precompetitive mental conditioning technology to facilitate the competitive progresses with a special priority to the personal emotionality and motivations. We sampled for the study: athletes from different sports (n=563); cross-country skiers (n=138); basketball players (n=142); figure skaters (n=144); and martial artists (judo, n=139). Results and conclusions. Three groups of athletes were formed: Group 1 - athletes characterized by high emotionality and high level of motivation, Group 2 - those characterized by high emotionality and low level of motivation, and Group 3 - those characterized by low emotionality and low level of motivation. For each group of athletes, we developed the tasks aimed to accelerate and improve their psychological adaptation to competitive conditions with due regard to the athletes` psychological qualities. The individualized precompetitive mental conditioning method was found beneficial as it helps step up the athletes` competitive motivations, must-win agendas, adaptability and stress tolerance for competitive success
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