The article is dedicated to solve an actual issue of physical health improving in higher military educational institutions (HMEI) by means of Special Physical Training (SPT). The events of the last years on east of Ukraine showed the importance of high physical health level of servicemen to conduct the battle actions in extreme terms and ability of military personal to resist successfully the influence of various stress factors, keeping a high capacity level. The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of experimental SPT program on morpho-functional indicators and health level of cadets during its 20-month implementation. 119 cadets of Kharkiv National Air Force university named by Ivan Kozhedyb were involved in the research. The age of participants was from 19 to 27 years. They were divided into two groups: control (n=74) and experimental (n=45). Both groups of cadets were tested for the absence of a significant difference of morpho-functional indicators at the beginning of the experiment (р>0,05). The control group (CG) performed the current physical training program. An experimental group (EG) executed the new SPT program, based on military and sports all-round competition means. Traditional and experimental SPT programs had the same number (2 per week) of training sessions of 90 minutes each. Both groups were tested before and after the experiment. (Body Mass Index, Vital Capacity Index, Power Index, Robinson Index and Heart Rate Recovery Time) were used to determine the health level using the G. Apanasenko express-assessment method. The results of experiment demonstrated statistically reliable improvement of EG cadets' health level on 21,1 % (p<0.001). The CG participants' health level didn’t improve statistically reliable (p>0.5). Conclusion: an experimental SPT program affects positively on cadets' health level in higher military educational institutions.
The main advantages of modern professional armies are the possibility of selecting for military service people who meet the standards of mental and physical fitness for military service to the greatest extent, as well as the introduction of increased requirements for their military and professional training. Taking into account the peculiarities of the participation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in military operations and the experience of conducting combat operations, the psychological and physical readiness of servicemen to perform assigned tasks is becoming increasingly important, in the formation of which special physical training plays the main role. The events of recent years have shown how important is the psychophysical readiness of military personnel to conduct combat operations, to perform tasks in extreme conditions, the ability to overcome the effects of increased stress on the psyche, their ability to successfully resist the influence of various stressogenic factors, while maintaining high performance. The purpose of the article is to conduct an analysis and generalization of literary sources and guiding documents about the issues of the military personnel psychophysical readiness improving by means of Special Physical Training. The problem of psychophysical readiness acquires special significance in the professional activity of military personnel. This is caused by the specifics of military-professional activity and its high social significance in terms of the protection of state interests and the country's defense capability. Applied Military Physical Exercises (AMPE) are actively used to solve the problems of psychological training of servicemen in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations. AMPE includes: hand-to-hand combat, overcoming obstacles, moving through mountainous terrain, paramilitary cross country with throwing grenades and riffle shooting, forcing water obstacles and other exercises with maximum mental and physical stress. On the basis of the above, it is appropriate to define the psychophysical training of military personnel as a pedagogical process of forming the psychological stability of a military personnel during physical exercises with high density and load with special means that require neuropsychological stress.
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