Dr. Hab., Professor F.I. Sobyanin¹
A.A. Ten¹
PhD, Associate Professor I.N. Nikulin¹
PhD, Professor N.V. Kolesnikov^2
1Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod
²North-West Institute of Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Saint Petersburg

Objective of the study is to identify positive and negative characteristics of motivation among secondary school students to engage in regular physical education classes.
Methods and structure of the study. A questionnaire survey was conducted among secondary school children in the Belgorod region. An excerpt from the study is presented using the example of grades 5-8 (n=320). The results after initial processing are given as percentages.
Results and conclusions. Data were obtained on negative and positive trends, factors influencing the state of motivation of secondary school students to regularly participate in physical education and determining its specificity. The physical education motivation of schoolchildren is characterised in terms of its internal and external components. The dominant positive motivation of students to participate in physical education is confirmed by the high regularity of attendance at physical education classes and sports clubs outside school, a positive attitude towards teachers, coaches and their pedagogical efforts, and the support of parents for the physical and sports activities of schoolchildren. The negative side of children's motivation is expressed in an insufficient understanding of the personal and social significance of physical education, a lack of independent activity among schoolchildren in learning about the values of physical education, and the absence of physical education in students' plans for their future lives.

Keywords: students, secondary school age, physical education, motivation, internal and external motivation.

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