Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal "Sports Games" publishes articles in the following areas:

• organization of the educational and training process using sports games in educational institutions, youth sports schools;
• improving the training of athletes in sports games in modern conditions;
• the state of physical, technical, tactical and psychological preparedness of athletes in sports games;
effectiveness of competitive indicators;
• organization of patriotic education of Ukrainian youth in the process of engaging in sports games;
improving the process of physical education using sports and outdoor games.

Types of articles
The journal publishes original research and review articles.

Journal release schedule

№ 1 - February 7;
№ 2 - February 7;
№ 3 - June 1;
№ 4 - November 1.

Submitting articles:

Articles are accepted:
in No. 1 (February) - by January 15 of the current year;
in No. 2 (February) - by January 15 of the current year;
in No. 3 (June) - by May 15 of the current year;
in No. 4 (November) - by October 15 of the current year.
Articles are accepted for consideration subject to strict compliance with the requirements for original articles.
The editor-in-chief notifies the authors of the receipt of the article by e-mail within 7 days, checks the article for compliance with formal criteria, including checking the originality of the text using the "Anti-plagiarism" system. If necessary, he/she conducts correspondence with the authors about the elimination of comments. After eliminating the comments, he/she sends the articles to the chief (scientific) editor and to the editorial board.
Submitted articles are considered by the editorial board within 7 days. First, the correspondence of the article to the journal's topic is determined. Articles that meet the formal requirements and correspond to the topic are sent for review. 7 days after the article is registered, the editorial board informs the authors about the results of the review and the plan for publication of the article.
The editorial board reserves the right to reject an article that does not meet the established requirements or the topic of the journal.
In the event of rejection of this article, the editorial board gives the author a reasoned opinion.
All articles that correspond to the topic of the journal according to the results of consideration by the editorial board are sent for mandatory review (see the procedure for reviewing articles).
The editorial board is authorized to carry out scientific and literary editing of the received materials, if necessary, shorten them in agreement with the author, or, if the topic of the article is of interest to the journal, send the article to the author for revision.
The editorial board does not enter into a discussion with the authors of rejected materials, manuscripts are not returned.

Requirements for articles:

Text of 8 pages or more in A4 format, WORD editor. Font - Times New Roman 12, margins 20 mm, page orientation - portrait, spacing 1. Diagrams, figures, formulas, schemes, tables should be made with the ability to edit them in WORD, Excel, etc. (Font 10). Photos and other images - in the form of separate files in jpg format, 300x300 dpi. The topic of the articles should correspond to the topic of the journal. Correspondence with authors exclusively by e-mail. Notification of acceptance (or rejection) of the article for publication is sent to the author by e-mail after its review by members of the editorial board.

Language of the articles - Ukrainian, English.

Article structure

UDC (Universal Decimal Classification, international classification system)

• title of the article (Up to 10 words). The title of the article should reflect its content and purpose.
• full names (first name, middle name - initials) and surnames of all authors.
• affiliation of authors (institution, higher education institution, etc.)

Abstract (Ukrainian, English)

must contain:
• Structured data (> 250 words), consisting of the following sections:
Background and Study Aim. The logical justification for conducting the study should be clearly described based on previous work on the subject under study. This section should end with a statement of the specific question being addressed or the hypothesis put forward. The purpose of the study should then be indicated.
Material and methods. The methods used should be listed without going into great methodological details and the most important results should be indicated. Sample sizes for the main experiments should be included.
Results. The main results should be listed without an introduction. Only the main statistical significances should be added in parentheses. Conclusions should not be drawn.
Conclusions. Required provide key findings as clearly as possible. You may include a brief, more general interpretation of the results and/or specific recommendations for future research.

Keywords (Ukrainian, English): 5 to 6 keywords, try not to include word combinations.

Introduction

The problem should be briefly presented, especially emphasizing the level of knowledge of the authors about the problem at the beginning of the consideration. It is necessary to take into account that one of the indicators of the level of knowledge about the problem is the ratio of cited sources of domestic authors to references to articles from English-language journals. Another indicator of the level of knowledge about the problem is references to your previous research on the topic of the article. In the analysis of publications on the topic of the article, it is necessary to show: what the authors of these studies managed to solve and what they failed to solve. Problems unresolved by other authors should be highlighted. The introduction should contain "Relationship of the work with important scientific programs, plans and topics", the Purpose of the study.

Material and methods

In the "Material and methods" section, give a clear description of the study and how it was conducted; describe the procedures and materials that were used specifically to ensure that the study could be reproduced.

All articles reporting research involving human subjects or their biological materials must include a statement at the beginning of the methods section clearly indicating that the study was approved before the experiment was conducted by an organization operating at the local, regional, or national level, such as an ethics committee or institutional review board, and that it was conducted in accordance with the principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki.

The Materials and Methods section should include:

Participants.
Describe the sample: number of participants, method of recruitment. Provide basic demographic data (age, gender distribution, etc.), and the main criteria for assigning participants to groups. Justify the representativeness of the sample.
All participants in the study should sign an informed consent form to participate in the study (if the participants in the study are children, the informed consent form should be signed by their parents).

Methods.
Describe the methods used in sufficient detail to allow others to replicate the study. If you have multiple methods, use subheadings with appropriate headings.
New methods should be described in detail, and well-established methods can be described briefly and cited appropriately. Indicate the standards for evaluating the results obtained or the appropriate rating scales.
List all the instruments used to collect data and the indicators they measure. These instruments may include equipment, hardware, software, tests, etc.
When describing indicators, the International System of Units (SI) and generally accepted abbreviations should be used.

Procedure.
Briefly describe how you collected the necessary data. Explain how the experiment was conducted. Who tested the participants, where the testing or observation was conducted, etc.

Statistical analysis.
Indicate which programs were used for statistical analysis. Describe the statistical analysis procedures, but their results: what statistics were used during data analysis, justification for the use of these tests, indicate the level of significance used in the study. With small sample sizes, the use of parametric indicators is possible only if the normal distribution of the characteristics in the population is confirmed.

Research results and their discussion
(presentation of the main material of the study with a full justification of the scientific results obtained).

Conclusions
Should reflect the most important aspects of the results obtained in the study. At the end of the section, Prospects for further research in this direction are proposed.

References

(at least 20, for review articles - at least 30) should include a sufficient number of modern (over the past 5 years) sources on the research problem, which should include scientific articles from Ukrainian and foreign scientific journals. The design of the list of literature and citations in scientific works must meet the requirements of APA STYLE.

Information about the authors

At the end of the article, be sure to indicate for each participant (in Ukrainian and English): last name, first name and patronymic (in full) with an indication of academic degrees and academic titles, place of work (official name and mailing address of the institution or organization); ORCID, e-mail.