16th International Theoretical and Practical Conference held at UNN
On November 29 and November 30, the 16th International Theoretical and Practical Conference "Optimization of the Training Process" was held at Lobachevsky University. Conference participants discussed a wide range of issues related to the training of athletes, sports medicine, psychology and sociology. Foreign guests of the conference, Dr. Ilvis Abelkalns, Associate Professor of the Physical Education Department at the University of Latvia; Antonio Paoli, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for sports, director of the nutrition, exercise and physiology laboratory at the University of Padova (Italy); Hidekuni Yoshii, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Physical Education, Sendai University (Japan), shared their views and experience with Russian colleagues representing universities of Nizhny Novgorod and other regions. An open discussion was also held with representatives of UNN student sports teams.