Objective of the study was to determine psychological and psycho-physiological features of girls during competitions at the start of their sports careers in order to obtain data about the dynamics of changes of these factors and developing guidelines regarding psychological training in women`s ice hockey. Methods and structure. In order to achieve our study aims we conducted psychological and psycho-physiological examination of 28 girls playing for the team SKA Aurora (St. Petersburg) (both the first and the second strings of players), average age 9,1 y.o., with up to 1 year exposure to ice hockey training. In order to determine psychological and psycho-physiological factors of girls as compared to boys we conducted a comparative experiment with the participation of 17 boys - ice-hockey players, aged 8-9, born in 2009 (team SKA Strelna, St. Petersburg). All techniques used were based on the computer software "Psychotest" by Neurosoft. The paper discusses some important issues of women`s ice hockey. Ice hockey instructors working with children do not have enough knowledge about differential features of boys and girls who regularly play hockey, therefore the aim of our work was to determine psychological and psycho-physiological factors of female ice hockey players and delineate approaches to psychological training in women`s ice hockey at the start of a sports career. Psychological and psycho-physiological examination of twenty-eight girls playing for the SKA Aurora team (St. Petersburg) was conducted, ?s well as the comparative experiment involving seventeen boys of the same age from the same sports club. Results and conclusion. Standardized psychological techniques were used during the ascertaining experiment, which revealed that girls are less aggressive than boys (p<0,05), do not tend to be very competitive and aggressive in everyday life and on the hockey pitch. At the same time, they have a higher anxiety level, are more sensitive and introverted. The children from the two groups under comparison possess the same degree of emotional instability and motivational changeability. Inhibitory reactions prevail in psycho-physiological characteristics of girls-hockey players, at the level of high statistical significance compared to boys. Psychological training should be based on comprehensive positive reinforcement of achieved results, as well as the control of actual working capacity and the training aimed at the development of the degree of neural processes excitement.
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