INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OF TRAINING CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 7 FOR RUSSIAN NATIONAL GTO HEALTH AND FITNESS PROGRAM

The purpose – to study the efficiency of expanding exercise range for preschool children aged 6 to 7 at physical education classes in preschool educational institutions by adding supplementary gymnastics and zumba-fitness training means. Methods and organization of the research. One of three weekly traditional physical education classes was replaced with either gymnastics or dancing fitness program based on Latin-American rhythms. There was initial and final stage monitoring of children's physical fitness. It covered anthropometrical figures, central nervous system condition estimation and the first stage tests of Russian National «Ready for Labor and Defense» Health and Fitness program (GTO Complex). Results. The results demonstrated that the replacement of one of the three physical education weekly classes by that of gymnastics and/or zumba-fitness does not lead to significant changes of anthropometrical figures of yearly dynamics, but appears to be efficient for improvement of the testees' visual-pattern tasks performance as well as their self-control. The wider exercise range at physical education classes, partly changed for gymnastics, allows upgrading children’ fitness more successfully in comparison with both traditional preschool physical education classes and those partly transformed by fitness program created on the platform of popular Latin-American movements and rhythms. Conclusion. Strategy aimed at replacement of one of three weekly physical education classes with gymnastics during a year allows passing tests of Russian National «Ready for Labour and Defense» Health and Fitness program more successfully in comparison with both traditional preschool physical education classes and those partly transformed by zumba-fitness.

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