CONTEMPORARY CONTRADICTIONS OF OPTIMIZING THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS BY MEANS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS
The problem touched upon in this article is formulated as modern contradictions that prevent optimization of health of students by means of physical culture and sports. The relevance and importance of finding ways to optimize the health of this category of citizens due to the importance of the task of preserving and promoting health, and negative indicators that determine its state of modern students, acting as a labor and population potential of any country. In the course of the study, a survey was conducted among students from 1 to 3 years of medical College, which revealed the opinion of respondents about the content of a number of concepts, including «to be healthy», «healthy lifestyle», identified factors affecting the quality of classes in the discipline "physical culture" and the reasons why College students ignore them. The establishment of subjective reasons caused by the lack of formation of the system of values of physical culture and sports, led to the identification of a positive correlation between it and the level of self-organization of students in physical culture and recreational activities. The results of the study led to the conclusion about the need and importance of the introduction of various types of sports and health practices in the educational process of higher education and sectional classes.