Essential characteristics of the definition «Proper standards of physical fitness»

Relevance. Since 2017, the Krasnodar Higher Military Order of Peoples’ Friendship Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov (hereinafter referred to as VVAU) for the first time in the Russian Federation has organized professional training for female servicemen in the specialty 250504 «Flight Operation and Application of Aviation Complexes», qualification «Aircraft Flight Operation Engineer ». In this regard, there is an obvious need to improve the methodological support of educational process, including the major discipline «Physical Training», the content of which is aimed at increasing the level of motor fitness of cadets in conjunction with the quality of mastering the components of aircraft piloting techniques. The results of the analysis of the curricula of professional training of cadets indicate an insufficient level of their correlation with the peculiarities of the physical fitness of students, which necessitates the solution of this didactic problem. In connection with the foregoing, in the course of many years of research, an attempt was made to substantiate the methodology for developing proper standards of physical fitness of students. At the same time, the study of scientific and methodological literature on this problem indicates a lack of validity of the essential characteristics of the definition of «proper norms of physical fitness», which in turn complicates the search for effective approaches to its implementation. The aim of the study was to substantiate the composition of the essential characteristics of the definitions of «proper norms of physical fitness» for effective use in the process of professional training of cadets of the Higher Military University. Research methods – analysis of scientific and methodological literature, retrospective analysis, pedagogical testing, modeling of new concepts. Outcomes. The results of the research allow us to identify the following main theoretical and empirical components that characterize the essential basis of the definition of «proper norms of physical fitness»: – theoretical foundations of forecasting the achievements of students; – elements of a retrospective analysis of the results of training; – requirements of the theory of testing and interpretation of human states; – the need to minimize errors in measuring the level of physical fitness of cadets on the basis of the systematic use of enlarged (generalized) integral and total indicators. Conclusion. The substantiation of the content of the definition of «proper norms of physical fitness» allows, on the basis of scientifically grounded positions, to carry out a reasoned choice of means and methods, as well as the development of proper norms in accordance with the characteristics of the contingent of students and the laws of the types of professional activity being mastered.