Technology of Formation of Moral and Psychological Qualities of Military Servants by Means of Physical Training
Authors:   Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy. 32 Heroes of Maidan street, Lviv 79012, Ukraine, Romanchuk S. V. , Kuznetsov M. V. ,   Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy. 32 Heroes of Maidan street, Lviv 79012, Ukraine, Petruk A. P. ,   Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy. 32 Heroes of Maidan street, Lviv 79012, Ukraine, Didenko O. V. ,   Military Academy. 10, Fountain road St., Odessa 65009, Ukraine
Published: April 2021

Changing social priorities of servicemen requires the search for new technologies to form moral and psychological qualities. The experience of physical training shows that in case of properly organized and conducted physical training, it can serve as an effective means of educating devotion, a sense of responsibility, community and mutual assistance, loyalty to duty and team cohesion among the servicemen. The purpose of the research is to determine the areas of application of physical training for the effective development of moral and psychological qualities in military units. Research methods. The analysis of literature sources and documents, sociological methods (surveys) and methods of mathematical statistics were used to conduct the research. The organization of the study included a survey of servicemen on the basis of military units of Lviv and Odesa regions. 465 servicemen who serve in various military specialties, including: operator specialties (n=171), tank units (n=108); airmobile troops (n=96); missile and artillery units (n=53); units of mechanized infantry (n=37), specialists in physical training and sports (n=12), were involved in the observation. The results of the study show that the most effective means of physical training that have a positive impact on the development of psychological qualities are sports games (29,1%), military-applied sports in the unit (28,3%). Less significant are hand-to-hand combat (15,3%), light athletics (9,2%), combat sport (8,4%), gymnastics (8,7%). According to the research results, the technology of psychological and pedagogical activities of physical training specialists to improve the moral and psychological qualities of servicemen is substantiated. It is said in the theoretical preface that in the process of physical training and sports there is a formation of the integral personality of the serviceman, his physical and mental abilities, moral and volitional qualities, collective consciousness and behavior. At the first stage of development of moral and psychological qualities it is necessary to use means of physical training and sports on interests; on the second- sports and active games; on the third – military-applied sports in the units. Conclusion. Within the time devoted to physical training and sports of servicemen to develop moral and psychological qualities, the following techniques were used: in training sessions – increasing the time for sports and active games, as well as group exercises through the rational construction of complex classes; in sports and mass work – the involvement of each serviceman to participate in training sessions according to their interests; increasing the share of military-applied sports activities in the units; use of methodical ways of stimulation, including a complex of military sports games in the plan of sports actions