A new look at the training of a coach in the system of higher professional education
Authors: Serebrovskaya N. E. , Suvorova O. V. , Dunaeva N. I. 
Published: June 2020

Introduction. At present in Russian society the problems of professional higher education in the field of physical culture and sports, changes of goals and content of training of trainers in connection with new social tasks are actively discussed: Promotion of a healthy lifestyle of the Russian population, formation of new life values, strategies and attitudes in society, building a course to extend the active life of Russian citizens and improve the health of the younger generation of Russians, development of health of saving technologies for the population, etc. The article justifies the need to develop a new approach to education of students of faculties of physical culture and sports, discusses the need to change educational content and methods of education of future teachers-trainers, formation of pedagogical conditions for professional and personal self-determination and self-development of students.Materials and methods. The article is an analytical review, where an attempt was made to systematize scientific psycho-pedagogical knowledge on the problem of training of the trainer in the system of higher vocational education. The main method of studying the problem of professional training of the teacher - trainer is the method of theoretical analysis of scientific pedagogical and psychological works in the works of domestic authors. It is noted that professional training of the teacher - trainer should be based on certain principles which are justified and disclosed in this article.Results. The content of professional activity of the teacher-trainer is considered and described, professional competences which he should possess as a professional are defined; Content, methods and means of training teachers in physical culture and sports. The results of the survey of students of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky concerning their training and obtaining professional knowledge and skills in the psycho-pedagogical field are presented. The necessity to develop a new approach to education of students of faculties of physical culture and sports, the necessity to change educational content and methods of education of future teachers-trainers, formation of pedagogical conditions for professional and personal self-determination and self-development of students is justified.Discussion and Conclusions. The conclusion on the need for further theoretical analysis and synthesis of available scientific research on this problem is justified. On the basis of the results of few psychological studies of domestic authors, the need for further study of the problem of vocational training is proved. teachers-trainers. Prospects for the development of vocational higher education in the field of physical culture and sports have been defined. The conclusion that traditional approaches to training of the trainer-teacher in the system of higher school require revision, and the process of education - meaningful and organizational reform is justified.