Independent physical education classes as the basis of active life activity of a student

Abstract

The role and significance of independent physical education classes by students, their attitude to this process are revealed. Most of the physical culture and health-improving activities carried out in universities do not contribute to the formation of students ' independent, motivated and sustainable self-healing activities with the help of physical culture. The traditional system of physical education of students is not characterized by efficiency in forming a stable interest and need for physical education. Aim and objectives: to assess the value potential of self-study of physical culture and sports was given the task to identify the attitude of students to physical activity; social significance of physical culture; a pattern of physical culture and sports; objective and subjective factors that contribute to the increasing interest in physical culture and sport as to value; the causes that prevent attendance and avoidance of self-employment physical culture and sports. Materials and methods: The results of the study: As a result, new data were obtained on the attitude of students to physical culture, their prognostic assessments in relation to independent physical culture classes during the student years and after graduation. The gap between the statements of attitudes to a healthy lifestyle, physical education and the real behavior of students is fixed, the factors influencing the continuation of physical education classes after graduation are identified. The dynamics of changes in students ' independent physical education classes from the first to the fourth and fifth year are presented. Students objectively assess the state of their health, which many are not satisfied with; the majority of students do not engage in physical education and sports, referring mainly to the lack of free time; students are ready to engage in physical education in the sections of the chosen sport, attend physical education classes independently. Students generally speak positively about classes in the discipline Physical Culture, but a considerable number of students attend these classes only for the sake of credit. Discussion and conclusions: physical education, based on sports-oriented principles, includes classes in sports sections in the following sports: volleyball, basketball, aerobics, badminton, football, table tennis, kettlebell lifting, sports dancing, swimming, athletics, gymnastics, as well as general physical training. Organized on the basis of the chosen sport, classes are more promising in terms of self-improvement, preservation and strengthening of the health of the younger generation, it is an effective means of forming a sports culture, psychophysical formation and professional training of a highly qualified specialist, in contrast to traditional physical education classes. This approach contributes to the activation of independent physical education classes, the formation of an internal need for this. Classes in sports contribute to the solution of the main task of physical education in higher education – introducing students to a healthy lifestyle and independent physical education.