The Role of Attention in Preparation of Athletes in Perceptual-Motor Discipline

This article is related to the importance and place in the cognitive process of attention as preparing athletes practicing judo and alpine ski. The common point of the two sports is that both are based on perceptual -motor skills, depend on the impact of external factors. Attention tests were used: concentrated - AM, distributive - AD and perceptions of attention and spatial representation - AP2. Statistical processing and graphical representation was performed with Stats Direct v.2.7.2. Were calculated elements of descriptive statistics, the data are presented using indicators of centrality, location and distribution. Statistical analysis: for comparison score/rank cognitive tests applied to the two groups of athletes were used non-parametric Mann - Whitney test (U) for unpaired samples.