Abstract
This article describes multiple digital technologies, as well as digital resources, platforms, and applications of artificial intelligence that are used by coaches, athletes themselves, doctors, and other service personnel to obtain effective indicators in preparing athletes for future competitive activities. An analysis is being conducted of Decree No. 528-r of the Government of the Russian Federation, dated March 18, 2026, “On the Approval of Strategic Directions for the Digital Transformation of Physical Culture and Sports for the Period Through 2030”, which defines the priority directions for the development of the field of physical culture and sports through its digital transformation, achieving its ‘digital maturity’. The result of the allocated positions is the transfer of digitalization to the training of athletes and sports reserves.
Keywords
- professional sports
- training process
- competitive process
- athlete
- digital transformation
- digital technologies
- artificial intelligence
- virtual and augmented reality
- neural network algorithms
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