Military-sports combat in adolescents 10–12 years old: a review of the impact on physical qualities and moral-volume sphere (using the example of the extra-curricular program «Combat duel»)

Purpose: to summarize current scientific data on the impact of military-sports multi-event competitions and related martial arts on the physical qualities and moral-volitional sphere of adolescents aged 10-12 and to analyze the results of testing the extracurricular program «Combat Duеl». Material and methods. A narrative review of sources (with an emphasis on publications from 2020-2025) and a pedagogical experiment with a quasi-experimental design were used. The study involved 93 students in grades 5-7 (10-12 years old): control group (CG) – 61, experimental group (EG) – 32. Pedagogical testing (speed, endurance, flexibility,strength, agility), special fitness tests (technical and tactical actions, shooting accuracy, maintaining static poses,«special relay»), motivation and involvement questionnaires, and mathematical statistics methods (Student’s t-test, significance level p