USING GAME TECHNOLOGIES ON THE LESSONS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLCHILDREN

Abstract

The article substantiates the necessity and expediency of using game technologies on the lessons of physical culture of primary schoolchildren. It is confirmed that the game activities of schoolchildren on the lessons of physical culture in primary school with the using of Animal Aerobics and Game fitness contributed to the creation of a heuristic environment that constantly stimulates the cognitive and creative activity of primary schoolchildren. The results of the implementation of the authors’ program of using game technologies on the lessons of physical culture of primary schoolchildren, which provided the implementation of Animal Aerobics and Game Fitness, are presented. According to the authors’ program the preparatory part of the lesson consisted of a set of Animal Aerobics exercises, in the main part of the physical culture lesson children performed Game Fitness exercises, and the final part included soothing Game Stretching exercises as a kind of Game Fitness to restore the breathing. The influences of the authors’ program (conducting physical culture lessons in primary school with the using of Animal Aerobics and Game Fitness) on the level of physical development (assessment by the Kettle Index on five levels: low, below average, average, above average and high) are determined. The analysis of changes in the functioning of the cardio-respiratory system (sitting heart rate, standing heart rate, pulse difference, Stange Test and Genchi test) of primary schoolchildren due to the using of Animal Aerobics and Game Fitness during the lessons of physical culture. The positive effects of Animal Aerobics and Game Fitness on the level of development of physical qualities are confirmed and a comparative assessment of the dynamics of changes in physical preparation of primary schoolchildren is presented.