Influence of modern fitness technologies on the state of health and development of motor abilities of 17-19-year-old female students

Abstract

The article is aimed at investigating the influence of the methods of using general-physical fitness technologies including pilates and stretching techniques on the level of physical health and development of female students’ motor abilities. Participants of the experiment: 84 female students of Khmelnytskyi humanitarian-pedagogical academy (aged 17-19; 1st and 2nd years of study). Methods: analysis, synthesis of educational standards, scientific and methodological sources, pedagogical modeling, pedagogical experiment. Assessment of the female students’ physical health based on the express methods included the use of the following indices: life, strength, weight-growth, Ruffie's index, Martine's test, Robinson's index. Results. The positive effect of the training on the development of overall endurance (+5.45%), strength (+16.1%), strength endurance (+22.6%), coordination abilities (+8.5%), coordination of speed and strength movements (+13.15%) has been established. Neutral effect was reached in the development of speed (+2.08%), speed endurance (+2.87%), explosive strength (+4.94%) and agility (+2.16%). Negative effect is observed in the development of flexibility (-2.93%). As for the increase in the indicators of the experimental group students’ motor abilities development in comparison with those of the control group, the following changes have been registered: strength endurance (+14.0%), coordination abilities (+12.37%), coordination of speed and strength movements (+10.58%), strength (+9.56%), overall endurance (+4.2%), speed (+3.49%), explosive strength (+2.78%), speed endurance (+1.7%), agility (+1.62%). Conclusions. The study of the impact of the methods of general-physical fitness technologies with the use of pilates and stretching techniques on the level of physical health and motor abilities development of female students aged 17-19 has confirmed more significant changes in the dynamics of physical fitness of the experimental group students. A comparative analysis has testified that the use of the proposed methods makes a 16.8% more effective impact on their assessment of the level of physical health. The most significant changes (+21.4%) occurred among female students who, at the beginning of the experiment, were in the “below average” physical health level group.