The influence of sports games as a means of recreation and health activity on the physical fitness of students of 1-2 courses of vocational education

Abstract

The article examines the content of students' recreational and health activities. An analysis of specialized literature on the selected problem was carried out. The relevance of this topic is substantiated. The importance and place of health and recreation technologies in ensuring the quality of life of student youth has been established. Recreational health activities are the restoration of a person's physical and psychological state. It has been proven by many specialists that sports games as a means of physical activity have a number of advantages due to their emotionality, accessibility and health-recreational effect, which is due to the impact on the physical and psycho-emotional sphere of students of higher education institutions. Sports games, in addition to the health-improving effect, change the activity environment, which is accompanied by various situations and movements, bring pleasure, provide active recovery, develop physical qualities. The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of sports games as a means of recreational and health-improving activities on the physical fitness of students of the 1st-2nd years of higher education. Methodology. 60 students from 1-2 courses took part in the study. We assessed the determination of students' physical fitness based on the results of 4 tests. The experiment lasted 1 semester, and the frequency of classes was 2 times a week. To ensure the objectivity of the research, several general scientific and pedagogical methods were used: analysis and synthesis of scientific literature on the selected problem; pedagogical methods and methods of statistical data processing. Conclusions. A pedagogical experiment was conducted, which made it possible to determine the effectiveness of the use of modern technologies of physical recreation, and especially sports games as a means of improving the physical fitness of students of 1-2 courses who attended physical education classes.