The long-term experience of physical training of the Armed Forces of foreign countries convincingly proves that hand-to-hand combat, with appropriate organization and conduct, can serve as an effective means of educating personnel in the spirit of devotion, contribute to instilling in servicemen a sense of responsibility, camaraderie and mutual assistance, loyalty to one’s duty, collectivism and cohesion. Today, when our servicemen take part in the defense of the state, it is especially important to use all possible means for the psychological readiness of servicemen in order to perform their assigned tasks in a high-quality manner. The successful performance of military tasks and the future fate of our country depend on the psychological preparedness of military personnel. The purpose of the research was to determine modern technologies and methods of improving hand-to-hand combat techniques to improve the combat and psychological training of servicemen. Research methods. To conduct the research, the methods of theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, questionnaires among experts (15 people) and cadets-future officers (120 cadets) were used, regarding the effectiveness of the application of the training model for future officers in hand-to-hand combat in the system of physical training. The methods of theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature were used to conduct the research. In total, more than 60 sources of information were analyzed, after which a final review was conducted and 34 literature sources were singled out, the material of which was processed using general scientific methods. The results. According to the results of the study, it was established that special physical training as an educational discipline aims to provide training of military personnel and specialists of power structures with a high level of versatile physical and psychological readiness, capable of effectively and qualitatively solving assigned tasks, to withstand mental, neuropsychological and physical stress without reducing the effectiveness of military professional activity, mastering the skills of using means of physical influence and self-defense, as well as minimizing the negative impact of the factors of the real situation on the general efficiency and combat readiness of personnel, which becomes especially relevant in the conditions of long, continuous combat operations. Conclusions. The need for the process of training the future personnel of military personnel and specialists of the security forces of Ukraine for complex forms of pedagogical activity, in which medical-biological, psychophysiological, and organizational-methodical approaches are integrated, is determined. Accounting for all the mentioned approaches in a complex is the most important condition for increasing the effectiveness of the learning process

Як уже повідомляла «Народна Армія», у Збройних Силах України нещодавно з’явився окремий рід сил – Сили спеціальних операцій (ССО). Указ про їх створення був підписаний Президентом України 26 липня 2016 року. Серед завдань Сил спецоперацій – спеціальна розвідка, спеціальні заходи, контртерористичні заходи, аналіз і обробка інформації для вироблення правильної стратегії та залучення необхідних ресурсів, нетрадиційні методи ведення війни – інформаційно-психологічної операції. Розвиток Сил спеціальних операцій зараз у самому розпалі. При цьому на перший план виходить підготовка достойних кандидатів у підрозділи Сил спеціальних операцій. Підготовка військовослужбовців і підрозділів до ведення рукопашного бою сьогодні має актуальне значення для формування боєготовності військ і сил Збройних Сил України. Рукопашний бій представляє собою вид бойової діяльності військовослужбовців в ближньому бою з супротивником. Увага до рукопашного бою в арміях НАТО викликана тим, що командування цих армій розглядає навчання рукопашному бою не лише як засіб військово-прикладної фізичної підготовки, але й як незамінний засіб психологічного загартування військовослужбовців, виховання у них упевненості в собі, агресивності, сміливості та стійкості до дії бойового стресу. У статті розглядається узагальнення досвіду та аналіз наявної системи рукопашної підготовки військовослужбовців Сил спеціальних операцій Збройних Сил Сполучених Штатів Америки (ССО ЗС США) та військовослужбовців Сил спеціальних операцій Збройних Сил України (ССО ЗСУ). Мета дослідження – узагальнення досвіду та аналіз наявної системи рукопашної підготовки військовослужбовців Сил спеціальних операцій Збройних Сил Сполучених Штатів Америки та військовослужбовців Сил спеціальних операцій Збройних Сил України. Методи дослідження. Для проведення наукових досліджень нами було використано аналіз літературних джерел і керівних документів.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the adequacy of the standards of physical training of soldiers of the Ground Forces to the requirements that are objectively imposed on the physical fitness of soldiers by the content, nature and conditions of modern combat operations, as well as their equivalence to the tabular evaluation system; determine the possibility and expediency of their use in the educational process to assess the physical fitness of cadets. Materials and methods. To achieve the goal, a complex of general scientific research methods was used. The methods of theoretical analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization of available information and practical experience were used to argue the main provisions of the research, generalize the available data, justify the place and role of control to ensure the effective functioning of the system of physical improvement of cadets of higher military educational institutions. The main material of the theoretical analysis was scientific articles and guiding documents on the management of physical training of military personnel of the leading countries in the military field of the world. Preference was given to printed official documentary materials, scientific articles and textbooks related to the development of methods for checking and assessing the physical condition of military personnel. Results and discussion. When assessing the physical fitness of the same cadets at the same time using the exercises of the standards of physical training of the Ground Forces soldiers and according to the requirements of the Physical Training Manual, radically opposite results were obtained. In accordance with the requirements of the standards, 100% of the personnel completed the established standards of control exercises and received a rating “completed”, and the physical readiness of the unit was rated “ready”. When assessing the physical fitness of cadets in accordance with the requirements of the 2021 Physical Training Instructions, only 53 cadets (42.4%) received positive evaluations, the remaining 72 cadets (57.6%) did not score the required 80 points in one or more exercises and, accordingly, received an unsatisfactory rating. The physical training of the unit according to the requirements of the 2021 Physical Training Instructions is also rated unsatisfactory. Conclusion. The norms of control exercises of the standards of physical training of servicemen of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not equivalent to the norms of the tests of the tabular system for evaluating the physical fitness of servicemen, and their availability to cadets whose physical fitness is assessed as unsatisfactory according to the tabular system indicates their inadequacy to the requirements of combat activity for the physical fitness of servicemen. They do not allow obtaining reliable information about the level of physical readiness of personnel to perform combat tasks. Thus, their use in the educational process of physical education and special physical training to assess the physical fitness of cadets of military academies is inappropriate