The study purpose was to prepare a model of the trans-season reliability of physical fitness testing on the example of “Tourism” speciality students. Material and Methods. A total of 50 university first year bachelor’s students studying “Tourism” as a business service were involved in the physical fitness testing: 20 males with body mass 67.3±9.5 kg (M±SD) and body length 174.6±5.6 cm; and 30 females (body mass 59.6±7.3 kg, body length 163.9±5.2 cm). Monthly testing was conducted seven times from September to March using a complex test KONTREKS–2. Trans-season mean score reliability was evaluated within the intraclass correlation model. Results. Approximately 86% of the students were found to be on the average and higher levels and only nearly 5% − on the low level. Males showed significantly better state of the physical fitness than females (16.6%, p < 0.002) with 96.3% similarity of trends in scores between males and females during the trans-season study. A great variation within these samples was noticed, too; a corresponding part in the total variation was derived as 93.6%. A strong and high level significant correlation (r > 0.80, p < 0.001) was determined between all the seven monthly test-retest trans-season trials. Significant trans-season reliability on the excellent level was found for each of two gender samples (ICC > 0.95, p < 0.001). Deviations from mean values for seven monthly tests undertaken during the study period were not significant (chi-squared = 13.939, p = 0.834). Conclusions. A model of the trans-season reliability of physical fitness testing created on the example of the first year bachelor’s students of “Tourism” speciality showed its effectiveness and could be recommended for physical education of high school students.

The research aimed to study dynamics of the physical fitness status in students of the “Tourism” specialized field during a trans-season stage. Totally 100 university students studying “Tourism” as a business service were involved into the physical fitness testing (48 males and 52 females). A half of the participants studied in the Classic University and another half − in the Sport University. Monthly testing was conducted seven times from September to March using a complex test Kontreks–2. The scoring system consists of eleven indicators: five of them are biomedical: age, body weight, blood pressure, heart rate, reducing pulse; a six – motor: flexibility, speed, dynamic power, power, speed and overall endurance. Linear regression was used with a purpose to study trends of the physical fitness during the trans-season stage. Two-ways ANOVA was used to determine differences between samples. One-way ANOVA with repeated measures was used to evaluate test-retest reliability (ICC=0.094). A significant superiority of students from the Sport University vs. Classic University was noticed during the seven months preparation stage (17.6%, p<0.001) that is important in managing of the sport and healthy active tourism. Despite of this absolute difference, dynamics of these results was rather similar in these two universities (61.3%).

The Covid-–19 pandemics caused significant damage to the system of physical education of students. The purpose of this  research was to create a practical model of general physical endurance of first-year university male students in the context of the pandemic of the corona virus. The testing was carried out during physical education classes, which took place according to the first academic year curriculum. The time of overcoming the 2000 meters course on the stadium treadmill was measured in September and in March of the academic year 2019-2020. During the research stage, the indicator of general endurance of students of all the three universities statistically significantly deteriorated. According to the results of ANOVA the absence of a statistically significant difference in the value of the indicator of general endurance between students of three universities both at the beginning and at the end of the research stage was revealed. Keywords:  Covid–19; endurance; modeling; students; testing

The aim of the research − to analyze the results of a sociological research, where the students’ satisfaction with the content of the physical education system is determined, the elements of sports and health tourism are included in the curriculum and work programs of physical education. 230 first-year students from three universities took part in the survey: Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko and Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky. In December 2019-2020 of the academic year of the first semester the survey was conducted using the questionnaire and consisted of 11 questions, three of which were of general content (student data: age, gender; higher education institution, faculty, department; training course) and eight of profile content. As a result of the survey, students’ satisfaction with the content of the physical education system in HEI’s varies. The attitude to the sports and health tourism inclusion in the program of physical education is positive that is indicated. The most attractive types of tourism for students of three. HEI’s turned out cultural and cognitive tourism, hiking and as well as their combination that is pointed out. The students have chosen weekend hikes and specialized training sessions in the gym as the most attractive types of tourism for training that is noted by the authors. Other questions of the profile content of the questionnaire reflected the level of students knowledge in hiking tourism. In general, the obtained results will be used to update the curriculum of sports and health tourism as a component of physical education, that will improve the physical activity of young people in the future.