Abstract

The issues of selection and control in sports practice have been studied for a long time and for many of them quite clear ideas and theories have developed, some aspects are still in the process of formation and require in-depth scientific study. Such issues, in our opinion, include the assessment of the physical development of young athletes. Many coaches believe that today it is important to simply keep children in the section, sports school, and their compliance with one or another sport is not necessary. This point of view is detrimental to sports in general and to basketball, which makes special demands on athletes in particular. Thus, the assessment of indicators of physical development and morphofunctional features of young basketball players aged 13-14 seems to us to be very relevant.