VOLLEYBALL AS A MEANS OF PROFESSIONALLY APPLIED PHYSICAL TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FOR STUDENTS SPECIALIZING IN 141 ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, AND ELECTROMECHANICS

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Higher education institutions train qualified and competitive specialists who not only possess a certain level of knowledge, skills, and abilities but can also apply them practically to achieve their professional goals. According to the Standard of Higher Education of Ukraine, a bachelor’s degree requires 240 ECTS credits, of which at least 25% must be elective courses aimed at developing general and specific competencies in the speciality. One of the general competencies for the speciality 141 "Electric Power, Electrical Engineering, And Electromechanics" is the ability to use various types and forms of physical activity for active recreation and a healthy lifestyle. To support this competency, the elective course "Professional and Applied Physical Training (using volleyball)" was offered to senior students. The article theoretically substantiates and presents a program for bachelor's degree students aimed at developing professionally applied physical qualities and psychophysical functions, the levels of which determine the quality of a future specialist's duties. The developed program assumes students possess a foundational mastery of basic volleyball techniques, which served as a prerequisite for enrolling in the course. The content of the program takes into account the specifics of professional activity, which is characterized by a heavy load on visual, auditory, musculoskeletal, and tactile analyzers. The discipline 'Professional and Applied Physical Training (using volleyball)' is designed for 180 hours, including 14 hours of lectures, 60 hours of practical classes, 96 hours of independent work, and 10 hours of individual assignments and consists of five content modules. The main criteria for assessing the quality of mastering the discipline 'Professional and Applied Physical Training (using volleyball)' were recommended to be the dynamics of indicators of the development of physical qualities and abilities by the speciality.