Аннотация
The article provides examples, methods and possibilities of practicing sambo wrestling for children and young people of school age. In recent years, the sedentary lifestyle trends of the younger generation have been very noticeable, which causes concern for the future, and it is through sambo that the need for hardening the body and leading a healthy lifestyle appears. Improving physical fitness through sambo, the optimal combination of psychological and physical training contribute to the comprehensive preparation of the younger generation, help to be strong, healthy, and hardened. In turn, such qualities increase motivation and instill in children and young people to be a patriot of their country, ready to defend their homeland from a conditional external enemy. A harmonious combination of physical and psychological training encourages those practicing sambo wrestling to be comprehensively developed, an assistant to older people and a protector to younger people, capable of comradely and warm feelings and makes its contribution to the education of the younger generation. It is recommended to use it as a methodological guide used by physical education teachers in sambo wrestling sections in educational institutions and by specialist trainers in the educational and training process of sports schools in various sports.