Historical aspects of the use of sports and mobility games in the physical training of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Abstract

The urgency of the research problem is caused by the need to study the historical experience of formation, implementation and development of exercises
in the section "Sports and mobility games", in order to implement the state policy on the qualitative
development of guidance documents on the physical training and sports and mass work of military
personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The use of game exercises in the physical training of
servicemen has acquired the status of an independent section in training programs, which promotes
the development of their general and special qualities during training, and as a means of active
recreation after combat missions. Purpose: To conduct a comparative analysis of the use of sports
and games in the physical training and mass work of military personnel from the middle of the
nineteenth century to the present time. Methods: theoretical - analysis and generalization of
scientific and methodological literature, guiding documents on the problem of research,
generalization of the modern experience of physical training of servicemen. Results: The period
from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present is considered. A comparative analysis of the
use of game exercises in the physical training of troops in the pre-revolutionary, post-revolutionary,
Soviet periods and times of Independence is presented. Guiding documents regulating the system of
physical training of servicemen in both military and military educational institutions are analyzed.
Conclusions: The purpose of game exercises varied with changes in the military training system.
Reflection and rational use of the accumulated experience opens opportunities to determine the prospects of further implementation of the exercises in this section in the development of guidance documents (Guidelines, Guidelines) on the physical training of military personnel.