Physical fitness of 11th graders and students who entered the first year at a higher educational institution
To date, in educational institutions, physical education teachers have to lower control standards or partially abandon them due to the low functional state of the younger generation. Young people are less interested in systematic physical exercises. Over the past decade, students have shown a decrease in physical fitness indicators. The aim of the study is to determine the state of physical fitness of 11th graders and first-year students based on the results of control standards. We carried out a comparative analysis of control standards among high school graduates and students who entered the first year at a higher educational institution. The physical fitness of 11th grade students and freshmen were determined. First-year student questionnaires were analyzed to understand the attitude and preparedness for physical education classes. It was revealed that test tasks for assessing the level of preparedness of high school students and university students are standardized (the same), but there are no standards for them. Regulatory requirements for the level of physical fitness are approved by the educational organization. The results approved by the higher educational institution significantly differ from the regulatory requirements of the municipal educational institution for students of the same age. Questionnaires assessing the attitude of students to studying the subject of Physical Education confirmed that less than 40% of respondents passed the control exercises. The control standards for general physical training among schoolchildren were overstated than for students who came to the first year in a higher educational institution. Also, students who entered the first year, for the most part, were not prepared to pass the control standards.