School age pupils’ degree of reediness to fulfill the standards of complex "Ready for Labor and Defense"
The issues related to the possibility of pupils of different ages and gender to perform the initial standards of “Ready for Labor and Defense” without any special preliminary training were examined in the present study. The analysis of “weak” links of their physical fitness was done simultaneously. The experimental confirmation of the possibility to combine in one “Ready for Labor and Defense” stage the children of the 2 <sup>nd</sup> and 3d age groups was conducted during the study. Findings obtained in the course of the study indicate that currently the students of both genders are not completely ready to fulfill the standards of “Ready for Labor and Defense”. The weakest points of boys and young men’s physical fitness are such physical qualities as endurance, strength and flexibility and girls’ one are endurance. This study data also suggest to make necessary changes in the age groups within the same stage, however, their age range should not exceed 2 years.