Scientific school of adaptive physical education and sports in Voronezh

The article presents the results of pedagogical observations of the long-term formation and development of a scientific school at the Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education «Voronezh State Institute of Physical Training» (VGIFK). A scientific school is formed with the obligatory presence of a leader, its head, followed by his students and, in the future, their followers. Despite the rather modest size of the contingent of faculty and students of VGIFK, it includes distinctive scientific and pedagogical schools that require reflection for their further development. Based on the analysis of scientific activity, its theoretical and practical results it is possible to draw a conclusion about expediency of formation and development of scientific school in the direction «Adaptive physical education» in higher education institution.