Purpose. The research has developed and substantiated the algorithm for implementation of corrective and preventive measures in the process of adaptive physical education of pupils with special needs (visually impaired children with postural disorders). Materials and methods. Twenty-eight ten-year-old visually impaired children with postural impairments (scoliotic posture or round back) participated in the experiment. Theoretical analysis, synthesis and generalization of scientific literature, Internet resources, pedagogical experiment, visual posture screening (Bibyk, Kashuba, Nosova, 2012), photography, testing, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The developed algorithm of corrective and preventive measures corresponds to the aim, objectives, conditions, principles, forms, didactics, control measurements, and criteria of effectiveness. During the implementation of the algorithm for corrective and preventive measures in the process of adaptive physical education of visually impaired children with postural disorders in the experimental group, there was a statistically significant (p < 0.05) improvement of the indicators of the posture bio-geometric profile and physical characteristics: strength endurance at significance level p < 0.05 and vertical body strength at significance level p < 0.05 and p < 0.01. Conclusions. The results of the researches have confirmed the effectiveness of the developed algorithm for corrective and preventive measures, namely: improvement of the posture bio-geometric profile and increase in the level of physical qualities of visually impaired children with postural disorders. Quantitative changes at the level of p <0.05 and p <0.01 of the studied indicators, harmonious development of the individuals, and successful social adaptation in communication with healthy peers prove the effectiveness of the algorithm. At the end of the transformation experiment, based on the assessment of the posture bio-geometric profile, it was determined that ten-year-old visually impaired children with a scoliotic posture or round back improved their indicators from below-average to above-average level; strength endurance indicators from basic to intermediate and sufficient level of motor readiness; static equilibrium indicators from basic and low to medium and above-average level.

The purpose of the article is to develop and test the effectiveness of aqua fitness exercise program for the posture improvement of women of the first period of a mature age with different body types. Materials and methods. The pedagogical experiment involved 46 women of the first period of a mature age who had previously consented to participate in the study. The used methods include the analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, Internet data, and mathematical statistics methods, including Fisher’s angular criterion, which allows sampling by distribution of the trait (Byshevets et al., 2019). The research included the assessment of the posture condition of women based on the method of visual screening of posture with determination of the total score (Kashuba et al., 2016). A surgeon was also involved in assessing the posture of women. In the process of factor analysis, the data of anthropometric studies, physical fitness assessments, and motor activity level were analyzed. Results. The distribution of women of the first period of a mature age by types of postural disorders and its changes under the influence of aqua fitness classes taking into account the body type has been established. The study involved 46 women of the mentioned category; 73.9% of them were women of normosthenic body type, 15.2% – of asthenic type, and 10.9% – of hypersthenic type. The research has established that women who were engaged in aqua fitness with regard to body type had positive changes in posture. The proportion of women of asthenic body type with a normal posture increased by 28.6%, of normosthenic type – by 20.6%, and of hypersthenic type – by 20.0%. Changes occurred in the level of the bio-geometric profile of the posture. Conclusions. The study confirms the effectiveness of the use of aqua fitness in the process of health-promoting classes to prevent and correct postural disorders.

In the conditions of military operations on the territory of Ukraine, a significant part of the population was under the influence of stress factors of combat activity. An important area of research is the detection of reactions to crisis phenomena of various population groups, in particular, student youth. The purpose of the article was to investigate the behavior and reactions of students of higher education institutions in physical culture and sports under the influence of crisis phenomena caused by hostilities in the country. Research methods: questionnaires, statistical analysis. 218 students of the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport took part in the study. The average age of the respondents was 21 years. The majority of students, 63.8%, experienced negative experiences as civilians, 33.3% as volunteers, and the remaining 3.8% as military personnel, while continuing an active lifestyle (43.1%). General anxiety, aggressiveness and depressive states were found to be statistically significantly more characteristic of female students (p0.05). At the same time, the intensity of combat stress in students does not depend on their location during active combat operations (p>0.05). Systematic exercise can affect the psycho-emotional state of students under the influence of crisis phenomena.

Formation of the Knowledge and Skills to Apply Non-Parametric Methods of Data Analysis in Future Specialists of Physical Education and Sports

Purpose: to search effective methods of health tourism application in physical education of primary school age pupils. Матеріал: in the research 40 children participated, who were divided into control (9 boys and 11 girls) and experimental (10 boys and 10 girls) groups. We registered physical fitness, physical health, adaptation-reserve potentials and psychological state of primary school pupils. Results: specificities of health tourism means’ application as the basis of health-related recreational technology were determined. We found improvement of children’s health by 10%. Besides, we observed prevailing improvement of organism’s resistance to environmental unfavorable factors and indicators of psycho-emotional state. Conclusions: application of health tourism means increases organism’s functional potentials, physical health and psycho-emotional state of schoolchildren.

In order to improve the educational process in the conditions of quarantine restrictions, it is important to assess the characteristics of students' reaction, depending on the specialty in which they receive education, to certain pedagogical methods and techniques characteristic of distance learning. The purpose of the work is to investigate the dynamics of students' attitude to distance learning and to identify the features of the educational process in the information and educational environment of higher education institutions depending on the field of study. The study from 2020 to 2021 involved 134 students of Kyiv National Economic University Vadym Hetman and 256 students of the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine. During the research such methods as analysis and generalization of literature sources, questionnaires, statistical analysis were used. Results. It was found that regardless of the direction of study, a decrease in motor activity in 2020 was noted by a statistically significant (p <0.05) larger share of freelance students than in 2021, which indicates the adaptation of participants in the educational process to distance learning and stabilization of their motor mode . It was found that students of economic education have a statistically significant (p <0.05) more time on the PC compared to those seeking higher education in physical education. In contrast to students of the Economic Free Economic Zone, the share of students of NUFVSU who mastered the theoretical knowledge of health at work at the computer, statistically significant (p 0.05) did not differ, and in 2021 statistically significant (p <0.05) most students of NUFVSU remembered the need to maintain the ergonomically optimal posture of the PC user and performed such sets of physical exercises than among KNEU students. It was found that among the students of NUFVSU statistically significant (p <0.05) a larger proportion is systematically engaged in health-improving motor activity and cares about health while working on the PC compared to students of KNEU. Also statistically significant (p <0.05), a higher percentage of NUFVSU students indicate the absence of discomfort in the spine after prolonged work on the PC.