Health-Forming Technologies in Elective Courses on Physical Education and Sports

On October 31, within the discipline “Elective Courses on Physical Education and Sports,” lecturers of the Department, Larisa Pavlovna Pyagay and Irina Anatolyevna Sukhorukova, conducted a practical class using methods of health-improving gymnastics for students of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, and of Commodity Science and Standardization.

The main objectives of the educational process aimed at forming a culture of health among students are the development of an understanding of the diversity of health-improving systems. Among health-preserving technologies, several groups can be distinguished, differing in their approach to health protection — medical-hygienic and physical culture–wellness approaches.

Health-forming technologies in physical education are an effective means of preventing emotional stress, increasing the body’s resistance to a number of somatic diseases and negative environmental factors, as well as correcting posture, body shape, and weight. Unlike sports training, health-oriented training focuses primarily on improving physical condition to safe levels that ensure stable health.

During the class, students performed sets of statodynamic exercises aimed at correcting posture and strengthening the muscular corset of the spine. They became acquainted with stretching and joint traction techniques and mastered the principles of coordinating breathing with movement.