Leadership Potential Among Students Of The Faculty Of Physical Education And Sport

Abstract

Consideration of leadership as a set of intellectual abilities, personal qualities, value orientations, behavioral patterns and functional competencies being a condition for a person’s success in all spheres of life is currently actualized in many humanitarian scientific disciplines. The article considers the phenomenon of leadership potential, gives a comparative analysis of its definitions and generalize approaches to the structure of this phenomenon based on the theoretical provisions of the problem of leadership. The actualization of leadership potential for pedagogical science is obvious since student age is characterized by maximum ambition, social activity and mobility, sufficient intellectual potential and high motivation for success. For students of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, the development of leadership potential is relevant not only from the standpoint of present and future personal achievements in life and in sports but also from the standpoint of future coaching or pedagogical activities. The empirical research is based on the author’s conclusions of theoretical analysis. Thus, the article proves that leadership potential is a latent personal neoformation and may or may not manifest itself at the behavioral level depending on social and professional conditions, as well as personal value and motivational attitudes. For the manifestation of the leadership potential of students, it is necessary to create special conditions, which involve student sports being a test for determination, will, confidence, etc. The article examines the content and essence of the social phenomenon “student sport”, substantiates its exceptional resources for the development of leadership potential among students.