Organizational and psychological features of attracting children of middle school age to health-improving motor activity

Abstract

The article substantiates the organizational and methodological features of attracting children of middle school age to recreational activities on roller skates and skiing. According to the results of Aizenko's test, among 36 adolescents, 44.4% were found to be choleric, 33.3% - sanguine, 11.1% - melancholic, 11.1% - phlegmatic types of temperament. For every kind of temperament, average values were determined by categories of motivation. So, in adolescents of the sanguine type of temperament, the highest level of motivation is the approval of the coach (peers) and self- improvement; the lowest level - is material reward and staying in competitive conditions. For adolescents of the melancholic type of temperament, the highest level of motivation is the approval of the coach and peers, competition, friendship, and team relationships. The lowest level is staying in competition conditions. For adolescents of the choleric temperament type, the highest level of motivation is physical fitness, interest in competitive activity, and training as a means of comprehensive self- improvement. Material rewards and attractiveness to the opposite sex have the least motivational influence. The top categories of motivation for adolescents with the phlegmatic type of temperament are self-improvement and increased physical fitness. The lowest level is the attraction to the opposite sex and being in competitive conditions. Methodological recommendations are proposed for involving children of middle school age in recreational and health-improving physical activity.