CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL FITNESS INDICATORS OF CADETS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Abstract

The aim of the study. It was to determine the level of physical fitness of future police officers of the 1st–3rd year during their studies at the Higher Educational Institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. To achieve the set goal, we involved male cadets of the first, second and third years of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, a total of 184 people. All cadets agreed to conduct the experiment. We used the following research methods: theoretical (method of analysis, synthesis, generalization); empirical (pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment), methods of mathematical statistics. The physical training of National Police of Ukraine officers includes two key components: general physical fitness and the tactics of self-defense and personal safety. This encompasses endurance, speed, and strength qualities that enable officers to pursue offenders and gain an advantage in physical confrontations during apprehension, including overcoming natural and artificial obstacles. The general level of physical fitness (Table 4) in the first year is mostly at a sufficient level (1/3 of the surveyed cadets 32,05%), almost 37,18% of cadets were classified as high level, 30.77% are classified as low and satisfactory levels. In the second year, the situation is similar, most of the cadets are at a sufficient level, namely: a low level was found in 6.45%, a satisfactory level in 29.03%, a sufficient level in 40.32%, a high level in 24.19%. Almost half of the cadets in the third year of study have a sufficient level of physical fitness (46.15%), a high level was found in more than 1/3 of the cadets (36.54%), the remaining 17.31% have a low or satisfactory level. Among the indicators of physical fitness of cadets of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, there is a clear trend towards increasing results from the first to the third year.