SPORTS ACTIVITY AS MEANS OF DEVELOPING SPORTS CULTURE OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The article reveals the content and structure of sports activities as a means of developing student’s sports culture. In the process of analysing student’s sports activities, the author is of the opinion that their design and organisation is an important component of the student sports system. This component requires further scientific development and improvement, as it determines the level of development of student’s sports culture.The author highlights the important functions of sports activities that influence the level of development of student’s sports culture. The possibilities of student sport in organising student’s physical activity are characterised. It has been found that an important feature of student sport is the ability to choose a sport and join sports activities, regardless of the level of physical ability and sports training of students.The study found that sports activity is a special type of activity that covers the processes of training, education and development of students. The important factors influencing the results of student’s sports activities are outlined.The author proposes a definition of student’s sports culture as a complex integrative formation and an integral part of the general culture of the individual. It is stated that sports culture is a means and product of involving students in sports activities.The article notes that sports activity is an integrative concept that covers motives, goals, objectives, methods and techniques, forms, results, as well as resources for organising a holistic process of developing student’s sports culture. Based on the analysis of literature sources, it has been found that sports activities perform a number of important functions that determine the development of student’s sports culture. These functions include: training (educational), educational, developmental, health-improving (health-saving), communicative, cultural and managerial. The article briefly describes the content of the above functions of student’s sports activities.