Improving the Level of Physical Preparedness of Female Cadets During Studying at A Specialized Higher Military Educational Institutions
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https://doi.org/10.17309/jltm.2025.6.2.04Keywords:
female cadets, future officers, physical education, physical fitness, physical preparednessAbstract
The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an experimental approach to organizing and implementing the content of physical education for female cadets during their training at a specialized higher military educational institute.
Material and methods. Fifty-four girls participated in the experiment; at the start of the experiment, the average age of the sample was 17.4 ± 0.2 years. All participants in the study sample were divided into experimental (EG) and control (КG) groups, which began their final year (4th year) of study at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy. The research methodology employed a set of appropriate research methods, including general scientific methods such as analysis and systematization, as well as pedagogical experiments, pedagogical testing, and methods of mathematical statistics.
Results of using the experimental development by female cadets future officers during the last year of study at special higher education institutions showed certain features of changes in the values of the studied indicators. According to the analysis of the data obtained on general physical preparedness, it was established that in the KG during the academic year, only one indicator changed by a statistically significant amount. This was the aerobic endurance of female cadets, and its improvement was based on the results of a 12-minute run at maximum distance. In the EG, the implementation of the experimental factor led to a significant improvement in all studied indicators of general physical preparedness. Analyzing the data on special physical preparedness in terms of the number of indicators whose values at the end of the experiment were higher in one group than in the other, the following was found. In the EG, there were 4 such indicators, while in the KG, there were none.
Conclusions. The use of experimental development in the organization, formation, and implementation of physical education content enables female cadets future officers to achieve results that contributed to a significant improvement in all studied indicators of physical preparedness, which, when compared in the respective experimental groups, show a statistically significant difference. The result obtained was associated with the effectiveness of the measures provided for by the experimental development, which were implemented during the physical education of female cadets – future officers.
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