SPECIAL FEATURES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING METHODS APPLIED TO FEMALE STUDENTS

During the last decade, a large amount of data on low physical fitness of young people and limited use of physical education tools demonstrate the necessity to find new ways to improve students' physical shape. The purpose of the research is to improve the efficiency of physical education classes and the motivation of Tomsk State University female students using various types of health-improving aerobics. The research was carried out during one academic year. The educational process of the experimental group was organized on the basis of various types of health-improving aerobics (classical aerobics, step, fitball, yoga, belly dancing, tae-bo, slide, callanetics, pilates, koru, flexi, strip dancing), and that of the control group was based on traditional methods. In the experimental group, health-improving aerobics exercises were organized with the use of the structural method of program preparation. Theoretical and practical training of the experimental group students was carried out by means of lectures, discussions, surveys, methodical and practical exercises, analysis of test results on physical shape, homework and keeping a diary for self-control. The principal motives of the experimental group students during the application of the methods with the use of various types of aerobics were: health promotion -89%, physical activity increase -87%, functional capabilities improvement -86%, improvement in fitness -80%, body shaping -78%, bad habits cessation -70%, stress release -69%, intellectual development -65%, communication with people of the same age -63%, getting a credit in physical education -50%. The comparative analysis of indicators of abdominal and arm muscles endurance, spine flexibility and the ability to coordinate physical actions revealed significant statistical difference (P < 0.05) between the experimental and control groups. The research results confirm the efficiency of methods with the use of various types of aerobics applied during physical education classes with Tomsk State University female students.