Chernukhina E.
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “P.F. Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health, St. Petersburg”, candidate of the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences

Abstract
Forecasting in sports is a way of predicting the level of achievement of sports success. In this case, the main task is to establish the level of stability of the characteristics of the players during the selection period or hereditary influences.

In the modern system of training athletes from players of initial training to the improvement of sports skills, the stage of forecasting their results in the future seems to be special. Predicting the capabilities of athletes, experts primarily set the primary goal of training the most talented athletes with the prospect of success in sports specialization.

A large number, constant development of various sports provides an opportunity for a person to achieve the highest possible results in one of them. At the same time, the prediction of an individual’s abilities should be carried out for a certain type of sports activity or a group of similar sports in the sports training system.

Keywords: forecasting in sports, model characteristics, criteria for the success of table tennis players, the training stage.