Basketball competitions are characterized by special spectacle, high dynamism, emotional intensity and variety of game activities, thus ensuring popularity and arousing increasing interest of spectators in basketball matches, which have been winning people's hearts for the third century. At the same time, they are the central element that determines the entire system of organization, methods of training athletes for the effective activities of the competition. Therefore, the question of the criteria for sports selection of basketball players in competitive activities is important. Thus, the article analyzes the selection in the system of basketball training in Ukraine and abroad. Training and competitive loads develop innate talents in motor and mental abilities, which determine the success of the chosen sport and the growth of sportsmanship in the educational and training process. This approach to understanding the importance of inclinations is due primarily to the requirements of modern sports, because in the conditions of competition you can explore the psycho-physiological potential of man. Therefore, the necessary information about those genetically determined morphological and psychofunctional traits that determine the content of talents, and is essentially the core of athletic talent. Such information covers the age range from the initial stage of sports to the stage of higher sports achievements. The study of the characteristics of famous basketball players showed that at the beginning of their sports career they stood out among their peers for their tall stature, good physical development, coordination of movements, mobility, intelligence, confidence in acting, psychological stability. These traits developed in the process of training and sports improvement in the system of regular training, which allowed athletes to achieve high sports results.
Змагання з баскетболу відрізняються особливою видовищністю, високим динамізмом, емоційною насиченістю та різноманітністю ігрових дій, забезпечуючи тим самим популярність і викликаючи все більший інтерес глядачів до баскетбольних поєдинків, які вже третє століття завойовують серця людей. При цьому вони є центральним елементом, що визначає всю систему організації, методики підготовки спортсменів для результативної діяльності змагання. Тому важливим є питання критерії спортивного відбору баскетболістів у змагальній діяльності. Таким чином в статті здійснено аналіз відбору у системі підготовки баскетболістів в Україні та за її межами.
