Motivational and valuable attitude of cadets towards physical training and sports

Abstract

the problem of quality training of future officers of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requires not only a high level of their training in the chosen specialty, but also the development of physical and psychological qualities, the formation of military-applied motor abilities and skills, which will contribute to ensuring the effective performance of assigned tasks. Achieving the specified tasks is facilitated by practicing military sports, among which sports orientation occupies an important place. Sports orienteering classes, along with the development of basic physical qualities, contribute to the formation of abilities and skills to quickly navigate the environment and terrain, analyze it and make the right decisions quickly, work in a team, etc. the introduction of sports orientation to the physical training of cadets of higher military educational institutions (HmEI) during the sports and mass work (SmW) will also contribute to improving their motivation for regular physical activity, increasing interest in systematic physical exercises. Aim and methods. the aim is to investigate the motivational and value attitude of cadets to physical training and sports classes. methods: analysis, synthesis and generalization of literary sources, questionnaires. 504 servicemen (492 cadets, 12 officers) took part in the survey. the study was conducted in 2020-2021 at S. P. Koroliov Zhytomyr military Institute. Results. It was found that as the year of study increases, the cadets’ interest in traditional classes of SmW decreases (from 51.3% in the 1st year to 17.9 % in the 5th year). It was found that the main cause of the mentioned problem is the insufficient variety of modern means of physical training and sports. It was established that 100 % of the interviewed cadets and graduate officers, who were engaged in sports orientation during their studies, are convinced of the effectiveness of this kind of sport in forming military applied motor skills and abilities of cadets and improving their physical fitness. Conclusions. the results of the survey indicate the expediency of introducing sports orientation as one of the effective modern kind of military-applied sports to SmW. It will contribute to improving the motivational and value attitude of cadets towards physical training and sports during their studying at HmEI