Dr. Hab., Associate Professor A.V. Antipov¹
PhD, Associate Professor E.V. Shustova¹
PhD, Associate Professor P.P. Nikolaev²
PhD, Associate Professor I.A. Vaseltsova^3
1Federal State University of Education, Moscow
²Samara State University of Economics, Samara
³Volga State Transport University, Samara

Objective of the study is to determine the pedagogical potential of game sports in the development of social and communication skills among young students and to experimentally substantiate the effectiveness of their use in the educational process at universities.
Methods and structure of the study. The research was conducted over two semesters at the university's sports facilities and involved 68 first- to third-year students. The students were divided into experimental and control groups of 34 people each, which were identical in terms of physical fitness and lack of regular experience in playing sports, which ensured their initial homogeneity. The experimental group followed a specially designed programme based on the systematic use of mini-football, volleyball and basketball, with the structure of the sessions aimed at developing teamwork skills, rapid information exchange and coordination of actions in dynamic game situations. Classes were held twice a week and combined training and game forms of work.
Results and conclusions. Analysis of the data obtained revealed the dynamics of the development of students' social and communication skills under the influence of systematic training in game sports. The results of the study showed that the systematic use of mini-football, volleyball and basketball has a pronounced positive effect on the development of students' social and communication skills. During the experiment, the participants in the experimental group demonstrated significant improvements in all key indicators, including communicative tolerance, level of group inclusion, and effectiveness of team interaction.

Keywords: game sports; students; social and communication skills; team interaction; communicative tolerance; sociometry; soft skills; mini-football; volleyball; basketball; pedagogical experiment.

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