The article analyses the factor structure of the physical condition of girls aged 17-19 years. It was determined percentage of each factor and it was established that the general physical condition is determined by a group of four factors: physical development is 41.8 %, the functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory system is 28.4 %, physical performance and coordination abilities are 12.4 %, physical readiness, in particular speed, speed-strength qualities, agility and flexibility-2.3 %, which together constitute 84.9 % of the explained dispersion. We have found out that the anthropometric status determines the physical condition even after the end of the puberty period. Most factor loading is accounted for the indicators that characterize the total body size: waist girth (r=-0.975 at p<0.01); chest girth (r=-0.966 at p<0.01); the pelvis girth of (r=-0.956 for p<0.01), as well as indicators characterizing the fat component: the sum of the skin-fat folds (r=-0.985 at p<0.01); the suprailiac skinfold, (r=-0.968 at p<0.01); the medial (inside) calf fold (r=-0.950 at p<0.01). Based on the analysis of the studied indicators, which form the basis of all four factors, there were obtained results that have the predictive value for the individualization and differentiation of the pedagogical process, as well as the influence assessment of the basic pedagogical tools and methods in the process of physical education.

Abstract:The purpose of the research is to investigate the impact of athletes' leadership skills, determining effective performance and sports achievement; to theoretically prove and implement the authors' program, focusing on qualified athletes' leadership skills developing in university men's sports teams. Materials: the constative study involved a number of student-athletes -with different qualifying standards -147 athletes and 18-22-year-olds from 13 men's sports teams of Dnipropetrovsk universities. The researchers' focus resolves around the factors that influence athletes' performance and sports achievement, based on forming a holistic-interactional paradigm frame that encompassed the research of the dynamics of the relationship between hypothetical constructs. The experiment involved 92 athletes, ranged from 18-22-year-olds -amateurs; professional sportsmen, key players of 8 sports teams. The experimental group (EG) athletes' training was done under the propounded program; and control group's (CG) training was structured on a regular basis. Results. Have highlighted the leading skills efficiency of men's teams' work in basketball, volleyball, mini-football and handball games; singling out peculiarities of each team's cohesion on the whole, as well as athletes' individual and psychological characteristics of their higher nervous activity. It is important to stress out that the social-cognitive theory of a personality describing the interaction between a personality, his behaviour, and the environment bears the evidence that athletes, regardless their temperament and character dimensions, can achieve high athletic performance. The study of teams' socio-psychological environments shows that the emotional variable makes up 49 %, behavioral one is 43 %, and the cognitive variable equals to 8 %. Overall, socio-psychological climate is assessed as a contradictory one, which testifies to ambiguous and incompatible relations between players, and their interests, goals and values achievement might lead to conflicts in a number of ways. Conclusion. Thus, to effectively develop and implement the suggested program the authors outlined and grounded the complex of organizational and methodological conditions for the development and implementation of the program of forming qualified athletes' leadership competency in university men's sports teams. Content-centered and thoroughly carried out, the forming experiment laid the grounds for athletes' performance to be considerably improved according to the propounded program.

The research study presents the results of the pedagogical experiment that lasted during 2017-2018 academic year. Altogether 101 girls aged 12-13 years who, for reasons of health, are classified as primary and preparatory medical groups, were involved in the research. The purpose of the research was to determine the appropriate standards of physical fitness of 12-13-year old girls, which provide a stable level of physical health. To achieve this goal, an integrated approach was used using the following research methods: analysis and synthesis of special research and methodological literature and documentary materials; anthropometric methods; determination of the level of physical health; pedagogical testing; physiological methods; methods of mathematical statistics. The article presents the results of correlation relationships of indicators of motor tests and physical health. On their basis, regression equations were estimated to determine the appropriate values of physical fitness of girls aged 12-13 years with an average and below the average level of physical health. Through the use of factor analysis, we identified five statistically independent factors: muscular strength, speed-strength, agility, endurance, and speed. The total contribution of these factors to the generalized variance of the sample is 89.6 %. We selected the most informative motor tests: for assessing muscle strength -shoulder flexor dynamometry (r = 0.759 with p < .01), speed-strength qualities -standing long jump (r = 0.800 with p < .01) speed -the difference between the time of shuttle run 3 × 10 m and 30 m (r = 0.808 with p < .01); endurance -relative performance (PWC150) (r = 0.869 with p < .01) and speed -5 seconds running in the place at the maximum pace (r = 0, 0.860 p < .01). The results have prognostic value for the development of methods of training with a rational correlation of physical activity of various directions for a given age group.

The article presents the results of a pedagogical experiment that lasted during 2016-2017 academic year, 52 girls aged 15-16years took part in the study. According to the purpose of the study, it was revealed the influence of means of orienteering within the framework of the author's program of physical education on the psychophysiological state of girls aged 15-16 years. We found that during the pedagogical experiment, the positive dynamics of the majority of the studied indicators was observed. The indicators of the functional state, in particular, of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, were significantly improved. In the15-yearold girls the heart rate at rest decreased by 12.7 % (p<0.01), in the 16 year-old girls-by 11.1 % (p<0.01); the average indicators of the vital capacity of the lungs increased in the girls aged 15 years by 8.0 % (р<0.01), in the girls aged 16 years-by 22.2 % (р<0.01). The average statistical parameters of the Genchi test also were improved significantly, in the girls aged 15 years by 14.6 % (p<0.01), in the girls aged 16 years by 11.8 % (p<0.01). In addition, positive changes occurred in the indicators that characterize cognitive functions. It was significantly improved the short-term memory capacity: in the girls aged 15 and 16 years by 15.3 % (p<0.01) and by 15.5 % (p<0.01), respectively. The information processing capacity increased in the girls aged 15 years by 22.1 % (p<0.01), in the girls aged 16 years-by 29.8 % (p<0.01). Among the motor qualities, the parameters of the sharpened Romberg test have undergone the most positive changes, as in the case

Study purpose. The study was aimed at assessing the quality of active family leisure and identifying motivations for and interests in health-enhancing and recreational physical activity of parents and children. Materials and methods. The study involved 106 families. A set of generally accepted research methods was used including theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature as well as domestic and international practical experience related to family leisure; sociological methods (questionnaire surveys), and mathematical statistics methods. Results. The questionnaire survey provided an opportunity to identify priority areas of joint physical activity of children and parents and to assess the quality of family well-being and active family leisure. The attitude of parents to winter types of recreation in the organization of active leisure was identified. According to the survey data, 9.4% of the families had a high level, 59.4% had an average level, 30.3% had a satisfactory level, and 0.9% had an unsatisfactory level of family well-being. The vast majority of respondents (45.2%) believed that their family members had a satisfactory level of physical activity, 40.6% of families reported they had an average level, only 10.4% indicated they had a high level, and 3.8% said they had an unsatisfactory level. Among the surveyed families, 63.2% indicated an average level of satisfaction with family leisure, 29.2% rated their leisure as satisfactory, and the remaining 3.8% indicated an excellent or unsatisfactory level. Conclusions. The focus was on identifying prevailing motivations, which contribute to the optimization of the family leisure process and the degree of activity when using recreational technologies. The obtained results indicate a significant potential for expanding physical activity of families with children, including through the use of winter recreation.