IMPROVING OF PROFESSIONAL APPLIED PHYSICAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF STATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: CHALLENGES OF MARTIAL STATE

Abstract

The article deals with topical issues of professional training of future employees of the National Police of Ukraine. It ensures their level of service readiness and their effective performance of tasks under martial law. Attention was drawn to the need to use equipment and special means in the process of physical training of cadets of Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine) in higher education institutions with specific learning conditions. The need to introduce the educational component “Professionally-applied physical training in extreme conditions” into the educational process of professional training of future employees of the National Police is outlined. The main purpose of the discipline (optional) “Professionally-applied physical training in extreme conditions” is to consolidate professional skills and abilities in conditions close to real ones and to improve professional skills for performing combat service tasks. This specialized discipline should become an integral part of physical training system of National Police employees and will be aimed at forming and maintaining the necessary level of physical fitness of law enforcement officers to perform professional activities in extreme conditions and in full combat gear. The analysis of the specifics of the professional activity of the National Police of Ukraine employees gives reasons to state that the physical training of a modern employee is one of the main directions of service and professional training. For the effective training of police officers, it is necessary to strengthen the physical component of the educational program in order to improve professionally-applied and vital skills and abilities, related to the special internal and external conditions of professional activity of future National Police of Ukraine employees under martial law.