CONTENTS
Assessment of the individual competitive efficiency of the best 14-15-year-old basketball players from the CSKA team (Sofia)
Yavor Asparuhov ………………………………………. 5
Analysis of the functional load of the throwing arm in female handball players using infrared thermography during a training session
Emil Avramov, Milena Avramova, Dimitar Asenov, Kalin Dimitrov …………………………… 21
Conditional abilities development through practicing minibasketball and minihandball
Georgi Brestnichki ………………………………………………………. 31
Assessment of physical development and athletic performance in 12-year-old female basketball players
Nanka Biberova, Maria Tzankova-Kaloyanova ………………………………………………….. 41
Morphofunctional characteristics and playing efficiency in defense in 11-year-old handball players
Georgi Avramov …………………………………………………… 48
Survey study on the need for objective criteria in orienting youth volleyball players to playing positions
Ivan Kolev, Vladimir Kotev ………………………………………………………… 57
Study of the morphological status in adolescent handball goalkeepers
Milena Avramova, Stancho Stanev …………………. 72
The effect of unified basketball on athletic training, emotional state, and social adaptation of athletes with intellectual disabilities
Darina Chimeva, Denislav Borukov ……………………. 80
Mean values and variability of specific preparedness indicators in beach handball players
Emil Avramov, Tefik Parafitov ……………….. 96
Body composition and functional condition of the female volleyball players of VC CSKA
Georgi Birbochukov, Vladimir Kotev, Ivan Kolev ……………………… 103
School sports in Bulgaria – current situation, perspectives, and the future
Evelina Staikova ………………….. 111
Relationships between the “Elite athlete” stigma and psychological well-being among elite Bulgarian athletes
Petya Petrova-Whelan, Tatiana Iancheva …………….. 124
Relationship between motivational climate and collective efficacy in team sports
Dragan Bozhilov …………….. 134
Interests in participating in sports activities of second-course students at the National Sports Academy
Krasimira Petkova …………….. 148
Physical exercises as prevention for strengthening the pelvic floor
Adelina Andonova, Anelia Todorova, Silvia Terzieva …………….. 164
Chronotype and social jetlag – clock synchronization
Mariya Zaharinova, Nikolay Zaekov …………….. 178
Influence of a specialized training program on the technical and physical preparation of Greco-Roman wrestlers aged 12-15
Rasho Makaveev, Stefan Toshev …………….. 190
Influence of selected footwork techniques on the efficiency of sport climbing movement
Stanislava Lambreva …………….. 204
Analysis of the turn in 100 m freestyle swimming in 12–18-year-old competitors
Yancho Stoychev …………….. 216
Management and control of training load in Greco-Roman wrestlers
Stefan Toshev …………….. 229
Individualization by playing positions in the preparation of a university women’s volleyball team
Lachezar Rangelov …………….. 240
Technical and tactical analysis of the performance of Bulgaria and the final four at the 2025 Men’s Volleyball World Championship
Milena Lazarova-Peeva …………….. 252
A study of the motor readiness of preschool-aged children who play mini-basketball
Manuel Markov …………….. 266
