Methods of pedagogical control of physical fitness of cadets of higher military aviation schools

Relevance. Since 2017, the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov (hereinafter referred to as the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School 250504) has raised a number of questions related to the methodological support of this process. One of them was the urgent need to substantiate methods for assessing the physical fitness of students, which is positioned as one of the profile characteristics of their readiness for the successful implementation of future official duties. At the same time, in accordance with generally accepted rules, the developed methodology of pedagogical control should be based on the correlation of the proposed technological approaches with the profiling components of the professional preparedness of cadets, the main of which is the quality of aircraft piloting techniques. This article presents the results of many years of research characterizing the possibility of using integral and total indicators of the level of development of the basic physical qualities of students of 1-5 courses as basic criteria for physical fitness. The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for pedagogical control of the physical fitness of cadets of the Krasnodar Higher Military University. Research methods – analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical testing, methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The data obtained allows us to formulate the following particular generalizations, indicating the effectiveness of the developed methodology for pedagogical control of the physical fitness of cadets: – the expediency of using integral and total indicators as the main parameters of physical fitness, characterized by the highest degree of information content in comparison with the achievements of students in individual control exercises, reflecting the level of development of strength and coordination abilities, speed and strength qualities, endurance and flexibility; – determination of the parameters of the informativeness of the analyzed indicators of physical fitness based on the results of the analysis of their interdependence with the quality of mastering the basics of piloting techniques by cadets, evaluated by 63 profiling elements; – the complete structure of a reasonable methodology in connection with the calculated formalized values of the five levels of development of the analyzed indicators (high, above average, average, below average, low). Conclusion. The developed methodology of pedagogical control significantly complements the approaches generally accepted in the Krasnodar Higher Military University to assess the physical fitness of cadets on the basis of its differentiation by gender and professional training experience. This methodology is also a necessary precondition for the development of proper standards of physical fitness of students of 1-5 courses in connection with the quality of their professional training.