The effect of a special physical training program using the means of military sports on the physical fitness of cadets of the security and defense sector

The article is devoted to the topical issue of improving the level of physical fitness of cadets in the security and defense sector. The purpose of the article is to investigate the impact of a special physical training program using military sports all-around equipment on the level of development of physical qualities and the general level of physical fitness of cadets of higher educational institutions of the security and defense sector. The study involved 74 cadets of the control group who studied according to the current system of physical training and 45 cadets of the experimental group who studied according to the experimental author's program, which includes military-sports all-around equipment. During the experiment, pedagogical testing was conducted to assess the level of development of physical qualities (speed, strength and endurance) and the level of physical fitness was determined according to the current point system for evaluating physical fitness. The result is that the specified changes in the results of performing control physical exercises led to a statistically significant improvement in the average value of the sum of the points for assessing the physical fitness of EG cadets in relation to CG students by 3.25 points p>0.05. In the conditions of hostilities in recent years, there was an urgent need for radical changes in educational programs in higher military educational institutions. The actual practice of conducting military operations is constantly changing, weapons and military equipment are rapidly improving. The change in the military and political situation in the world, the appearance of new types of weapons, modern approaches to the conduct of hostilities require constant updating of approaches and improvement of the training of military professionals. It also increases the demands on their physical and mental readiness to perform tasks. Carrying out a series of reforms in the training of military specialists of the Armed Forces requires analysis and radical changes in combat training programs taking into account the latest approaches, forms and methods of using troops. Conclusion: the proposed program of special physical training with the use of military sports all-around equipment allows to improve the level of physical fitness of cadets of the security and defense sector.