Physical education and sports as a means of increase the level of motivation to the defense capacity of the state

Abstract

Numerous studies prove the fact that in the modern world, it is possible to ensure the state's defence capability only through cooperation with various fields, including physical education and sports. One of the important aspects of ensuring a reliable degree of the state's national security is its own combat-ready armed forces, which should include persons with an appropriate level of physical training and health condition. Currently, taking into account the break out of the COVID-19 pandemic, an insufficient level of physical activity is observed among young children, which poses a serious problem and a threat to modern society and its defence capability in the future. Scientific substantiation of pedagogical conditions, namely methods and means aimed at ensuring the effective development of schoolchildren's motor qualities, and their attitude to physical culture and sports is one of the most important and promising tasks aimed at improving the defence system of Ukraine. The future of the state depends on the current generation. The state's defence capability is the ability to defend itself in case of armed aggression or armed conflict, which is why physical culture and sports play a decisive role in this process. Various studies provide evidence that the foundation that affects a country's defence capability is laid in childhood.
 The relevance of the mentioned issue lies in the formation and selection of the main pedagogical conditions for the popularization of physical education and sports as a means of the defence capability of the state and the protection of its sovereignty. Pedagogical conditions are a category defined as a system of certain forms, methods, means, material conditions, and real situations that are objectively developed or subjectively created, necessary to achieve a specific pedagogical goal.
 One of the universal and most effective means of defence capability is physical activity, a healthy lifestyle, physical culture and sports, which enable us to raise healthy and strong defenders. The level of Ukraine's defence capability in the future depends on the extent to which schoolchildren will be involved in motor activity, a healthy lifestyle, and physical education and sports.