The article is devoted to the history of the Leningrad scientific school of sports psychology in the Soviet period. The prerequisites for the emergence and formation of sports psychology in Leningrad are described. It tells about the activities of the founder of the St. Petersburg scientific school A.Ts. Puni, famous Leningrad sports psychologists and sports psychology centers. The main results of scientific research are reflected and the practical work of sports psychologists of Leningrad in the period 1950-1980 is highlighted.