Professional training of specialist in the environment of modern institution of higher technical education assumes not only formation of certain skills and abilities that the future specialist shall be ready to apply in their professional life, but also formation of a set of personal traits appropriate of the modern technical specialist. One of such traits is a full-fledged level of physical fitness, expressed in responsible attitude to one’s health and understanding the fact that its preservation in not only a matter of qualified actualization of professional life according to one’s chosen profession, but also that of stable operation of the company, full-fledged interaction between the members of the collective during performance of their functions.

the article analyzes the influence of physical culture and sports on personality development. It provides evidence that physical education and sports strengthen human health, improve the physical state and have a significant impact on social activity and moral and intellectual qualities of a person. Physical education and sport affect the process of self-cognition and self-improvement, development of will and self-confidence.