The study offers an innovative theoretical and practical support (TPS) model that may be applied to improve the highly-skilled athletes` (HAS) pre-season training for top-ranking international events. The model was designed by the authors based on a system and integrated approach and practical long-term experience of the study team. The model includes, among other things, a three-level TPS system composed of a competitive element, sport excellence element and body functionality element as the implementation factor. The system is designed to effectively employ every factor of influence on the competitive success. The system is implemented based on the key elements monitoring/ control i.e. the athletic progress is rated not only via discipline- or mastery-specific tests but on an integrated basis by the sport-discipline-specific competitive success model. We have developed a few TPS simulators for elite sports to model the sport-specific competitive success management plans. This TPS concept was proved beneficial in securing the competitive success management process being efficient and health-improving - even more efficient than any kind of doping - and we recommend the saved resources being invested into the theoretical and practical support (TPS) and the three-level training system.
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