PhD, Associate Professor V.A. Gorovoy¹
PhD, Associate Professor E.D. Mitusova^2
1Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I.P. Shamyakin, Mazyr, Republic of Belarus
²State University Social Studies and Humanities, Kolomna, Moscow Region

Objective of the study was to determine the types of sports activities of students in the structure of physical recreation facilities.
Methods and structure of the study. The study involved the students of 6 higher educational institutions of Belarus: Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I.P. Shamyakin, Polessky State University, Mogilev State University named after A.A. Kuleshov, Maxim Tank Belarussian State Pedagogical University, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. Sampled for the study were a total of 957 full-time students of non-sports faculties (772 girls and 185 boys). The following research methods were applied: theoretical study and analysis of specialist scientific and methodological literature, questionnaire survey, mathematical statistics.
Results of the study and conclusions. The study showed that the male students were most interested in football, swimming, basketball, tourism, while the female students - in aerobics, swimming, table tennis, tourism.
In order to introduce physical recreation into the everyday life of students, physical education teachers must create prerequisites for the transformation of the education and self-education processes, improve the students' ability to applied the acquired skills and physical qualities based on the individual features, needs, motives and interests of each student.

Keywords: physical recreation, students, facilities, sports games.

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