PhD, Associate Professor V.K. Talantseva¹
PhD, Associate Professor N.V. Altynova¹
PhD, Associate Professor T.N. Petrova^2
1Chuvash State Agrarian University, Cheboksary
²I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University, Cheboksary

Keywords: students, physical education, motivation, physiological portrait, biological age.

The purpose of the study is to find ways to increase students' motivation to engage in physical education.
Methodology and organization of the study. An experiment to identify motivation and need for physical education was conducted during the 2022/2023 academic year at the bases of the Chuvash State University (n= 80 people) and the I. N. Ulyanov CHSU (n= 56 people) with the participation of students aged 19 to 21 years. The participants of the experiment were surveyed, the parameters of the "Physiological portrait" of the student (AF) were measured: physical development (anthropometry, dynamometry); functional capabilities of the main physiological systems (parameters of the cardiorespiratory system, level of physical condition (UFS) according to the method of E. A. Pirogova and L. Ya. Ivashchenko) and the level of physical fitness (tests to determine flexibility, strength and speed-strength abilities) [1, 2]. The obtained indicators were compared with standard values, and a comparison with biological age (BV) was carried out using the V. P. method. Voitenko.
The results of the study and their discussion. The results of the survey at the beginning of the year indicated an insufficiently stable motivation for physical education and an unformed need for them, which is expressed as follows: 8% of students have a pronounced negative attitude towards physical education, 20% are engaged in physical education purposefully, 64% are ready to engage in case-by-case. At the end of the academic year, the number of purposefully engaged students increased to 62%.
At the beginning of the experiment, the AF indicators of students of both universities corresponded to the normative values (body weight: girls – 54.1±2.07 kg, boys – 71.6±2.13 kg; height: girls – 162.6±0.95 cm, boys – 177.3±1.76 cm), however, the dynamometry indicators were at the level of the lower limits of the norm (girls: right hand – 21.1±0.65 kg, left hand – 18.6± 0.53 kg; boys: right hand – 41.3± 1.85 kg, left hand – 38.9±1.39 kg). A low level of functioning of physiological systems was established with relatively favorable indicators of physical development (UFS: girls – 0.241±0.012, boys – 0.348±0.021). The level of physical fitness was assessed as average, except for strength (flexion-extension of the arms, lying down), which were at a low level (girls – 9± 1.4 times, boys – 28.2±1.2 times). In most of the examined patients, BV corresponded to 55-65 years or more.
The results of the studied parameters at the end of the academic year indicated a positive trend in all sections of the FP and had statistically significant differences (p0.05). In most students, BV approached the passport age – 20-25 years.
Conclusions. The use of AF and the method of determining BV in the educational process of physical education can significantly increase the motivation and need of students to engage in physical education and increase their physical activity.

Literature

1. Petrova T.N., Altynova N.V. Formation of a motivational and value attitude to physical culture among SMG students based on the application of the project "Physiological portrait". Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoj kultury. 2022. No. 3. p. 79.
2. Talantseva V.K., Shilenko O.V., Altynova N.V. Passport of the functional state of a student as a tool for assessing the quality of the educational process of physical education. Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoj kultury. 2023. No. 6. p. 68.