Abstract
The experience of combat operations conducting in the eastern part of Ukraine in 2014-2020 convincingly demonstrated the need to increase the requirements for professional training of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Physical training is one of the main subjects of professional training and an important means of psychophysical readiness formation of servicemen of various military specialties for modern extreme professional and combat activities. The aim of the study is to examine the efficiency of the experimental academic program of the discipline of Physical Education, and Special Physical Training concerning the formation of psychophysical readiness of cadets of technical higher military educational institutions for future professional and combat activity. The study was conducted at S. P. Koroliov Zhytomyr Military Institute. 120 male cadets participated in the experiment. An experimental group (EG), which consisted of the cadets who were studying according to the experimental working academic program of the discipline (n=60), and a control group (CG), which included the cadets studying according to the current working academic program of the discipline (n=60) were formed. The criteria of the efficiency of the experimental program are determined to be the indicators of general and special physical fitness of cadets and the level of professionally important psychological qualities. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. It was discovered that conducting classes according to the experimental program contributed to the improvement of the level of development of the cadets’ special physical qualities, mastering military-applied skills, the formation of professionally important psychological qualities. The most significant changes in EG cadets occurred in overcoming obstacle course, holding the angle on parallel bars, holding the body in a horizontal position, tests for determination of attention distribution and volume, mental performance – at the end of the experiment, and the indicators of EG cadets were significantly (p˂0.05-0.001) better than those of CG.It proves the necessity of correcting the academic program of Physical Education and Special Physical Training for senior cadets with the aim of their psychophysical readiness formation for future professional and combat activity.
Highlights
IntroductionThe analysis of literary sources [23 - 26] and the results of our previous studies [3, 12, 27, 28] allowed us to determine the main tasks of physical training of the future professionals in technical specialties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the development and improvement of physical qualities that affect the efficiency of future military-professional (combat) activity (strength, power and general endurance, static endurance of the trunk muscles), the formation of psychophysical readiness of graduates for professional activity by the means of special physical training that will provide the improvement of the ability to withstand static loads in the conditions of limited physical activity and closed space, the resistance of mental processes to negative factors and extreme conditions of professional activity, the ability to quickly restore performance in the conditions of disturbance of natural daily rhythm, the formation of psycho-physiological qualities that determine the efficiency of professional activity (concentration, stability, volume and switching of attention, memory functions, mental capacity) and the formation of a high level of working capacity and health promotion to prolongate professional longevity
The aim of the study is to examine the efficiency of the experimental academic program of the discipline of Physical Education, Special Physical Training concerning the formation of psychophysical readiness of cadets of technical higher military educational institutions for future professional and combat activity
The results of the pedagogical experiment showed that conducting classes for the cadets of the 4th year of study according to the developed experimental academic program of the discipline contributed to the improvement of the level of cadets’ special physical qualities development, mastering of military-applied skills, formation of professionally important skills, that generally ensured the formation of psychophysical readiness of future specialists to perform assigned tasks
Summary
The analysis of literary sources [23 - 26] and the results of our previous studies [3, 12, 27, 28] allowed us to determine the main tasks of physical training of the future professionals in technical specialties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the development and improvement of physical qualities that affect the efficiency of future military-professional (combat) activity (strength, power and general endurance, static endurance of the trunk muscles), the formation of psychophysical readiness of graduates for professional activity by the means of special physical training that will provide the improvement of the ability to withstand static loads in the conditions of limited physical activity and closed space, the resistance of mental processes to negative factors and extreme conditions of professional activity, the ability to quickly restore performance in the conditions of disturbance of natural daily rhythm, the formation of psycho-physiological qualities that determine the efficiency of professional activity (concentration, stability, volume and switching of attention, memory functions, mental capacity) and the formation of a high level of working capacity and health promotion to prolongate professional longevity
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