Stress and Coping in Athletes of Different Age

Every athletes’ sport life begins with early childhood. Sporting activities will proceed more effectively if sports schools from an early age children will be accompanied by psychological support. This paper is devoted to consideration of boxers’ human functional state (HFS), their coping strategies, and on the basis of obtained data we try to show how young athletes should overcome the negative HFS without reaching the critical points when they can move into chronic consequences. Therefore, in order to reduce the risk of psychological breakdowns athletes have to be prepared to the high sport loads from the early age.