Аpplication of equipment of kettlebell sports as a tool for forming the physical readiness of future officers in the training process

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to investigate the influence of kettlebell training on the formation of the physical readiness of cadets, future officers, to perform combat and other assigned tasks in accordance with the requirements of modern combat during training at a higher military educational institution. Future male officers of the 1st year of the Zhytomyr Military Institute named after S. P. Korolyov of the 2021 recruitment took part in the study, which was conducted during the academic year (n=50). To achieve the goal of the study, two statistically homogeneous groups were formed: experimental and control. The experimental group (EG) (n=25) included future officers who systematically engaged in kettlebell sports in the institute's section on kettlebell sports. Classes were held three times a week under the guidance of a trainer-teacher. The control group (CG) (n=25) included future officers who were additionally engaged in physical training in accordance with the Instruction on physical training in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Classes were held three times a week during sports and mass work hours under the guidance of a course officer.
 It was established that the level of development of physical qualities among future officers who engaged in kettlebell training during their studies at the higher military educational institution is significantly higher at the end of the study than among future officers who engaged in physical training in accordance with the Instructions in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The most pronounced impact of classes with kettlebell sports was found on the development of strength qualities and endurance of future EG officers.