PROMISING AREAS OF THE PHYSICAL CULTURE MASTERS’ TRAINING IN UKRAINE AND POLAND

Training specialists in physical culture and sports is an essential element of state policy to develop a healthy society and achieve high sports results. In the context of active European integration processes, a comparative analysis of the systems for training sports professionals in Ukraine and neighboring European countries, in particular Poland, is of specific relevance. This review highlights the current state of training of masters of sports in both countries, identifies standard and distinctive features, and outlines promising directions for developing such training in the context of European integration and modern challenges. The need to modernize the educational process in physical culture and sports by modern requirements and standards has been proven. The need to develop a model for innovative professional training for masters of physical culture and sports based on strategic partnerships between the state, public sports organizations, science, education, and business has been substantiated. It has been revealed that the promising areas of training for masters of sports in Ukraine and Poland are the introduction of dual education, which allows combining theoretical training with practical training; integration of digital technologies, in particular, the use of online platforms and mobile applications; strengthening the practical component of learning and deepening interactive teaching methods; development of international cooperation and exchange of experience, activation of academic mobility; adaptation of training programs to the needs of the labor market and international standards. For Ukraine, the transition from an extensive sports development model to an innovative one is especially relevant, along with the formation of fundamentally new economic foundations and the search for organizational and legal forms of functioning in physical culture and sports.