摘要：The article is devoted to the comprehension of socio-pedagogical aspects of sports training of Russian all-round athletes. This article is an attempt to draw the attention of the Russian sports community to the socio-pedagogical, economic and organizational problems of the sports training of Russian decathletes. The article examines special principles of sports training; the reasons for the lack of progress in Russian sports in the key types of decathlon programs are analyzed, including poor qualifications of modern coaches in the field of pedagogy and sociology of sports, teaching the technique of sports training, poor funding of athletics, insufficient development of sports infrastructure in the regions.
