THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIAL PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL INDICATORS AND HELTH LEVEL OF CADETS IN HIGHER MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to solve an actual issue of physical health improving in higher military educational institutions (HMEI) by means of Special Physical Training (SPT). The events of the last years on east of Ukraine showed the importance of high physical health level of servicemen to conduct the battle actions in extreme terms and ability of military personal to resist successfully the influence of various stress factors, keeping a high capacity level. The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of experimental SPT program on morpho-functional indicators and health level of cadets during its 20-month implementation. 119 cadets of Kharkiv National Air Force university named by Ivan Kozhedyb were involved in the research. The age of participants was from 19 to 27 years. They were divided into two groups: control (n=74) and experimental (n=45). Both groups of cadets were tested for the absence of a significant difference of morpho-functional indicators at the beginning of the experiment (р>0,05). The control group (CG) performed the current physical training program. An experimental group (EG) executed the new SPT program, based on military and sports all-round competition means. Traditional and experimental SPT programs had the same number (2 per week) of training sessions of 90 minutes each. Both groups were tested before and after the experiment. (Body Mass Index, Vital Capacity Index, Power Index, Robinson Index and Heart Rate Recovery Time) were used to determine the health level using the G. Apanasenko express-assessment method. The results of experiment demonstrated statistically reliable improvement of EG cadets' health level on 21,1 % (p<0.001). The CG participants' health level didn’t improve statistically reliable (p>0.5). Conclusion: an experimental SPT program affects positively on cadets' health level in higher military educational institutions.