Sports games as a means of adaptation for first-year students of civil aviation universities

The paper describes the use of a competitive method as a means of rapid adaptation of first-year students. Sports games are a universal tool that helps to successfully adapt students, especially first-year students, to the educational environment. After completing the survey, the students were divided into two groups (control and experimental). The experimental group was involved in participating in sports games competitions. The purpose of the work: to use and apply in practice a competitive training method using sports games for the successful adaptation of first-year students of civil aviation universities. Organization and methods of the study. The experiment involved students from four groups of the first year of study in the field of training "Organization of technical maintenance and repair of aircraft".