МЕТОДИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО РОЗВИТКУ СИЛОВИХ ЗДІБНОСТЕЙ ЗДОБУВАЧІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ НА ЗАНЯТТЯХ З ДИСЦИПЛІНИ «ТЕОРІЯ І МЕТОДИКА ВИКЛАДАННЯ АТЛЕТИЗМУ»

Abstract. Relevance. Solving the problem of integrating innovative methods into the educational process is positioned as a key priority, ensuring the proper quality of training of specialists in the field of physical culture and sports and intensification of their professional activities. In the context of the transformation of the educational environment, where the main factors are the actualization of various forms of learning, there is an objective need to substantiate, develop and test innovative approaches to teaching sports disciplines in higher education institutions. In parallel with this, in the system of training modern specialists, one of the fundamental priorities remains the targeted development of physical abilities, which is implemented within the framework of practical classes on the educational components of professional training in the sports field. The purpose of the study is to investigate and verify the effectiveness of the program for developing students' strength abilities in the process of classes in the discipline "Theory and Methods of Teaching Athletics". Research methods: generalization and systematization of data from scientific literature, pedagogical methods: testing, pedagogical experiment, statistical processing of the obtained results. 35 higher education students participated in the study. Results. According to the results of the ascertaining pedagogical experiment, two groups of students were formed – control and experimental. In the experimental group, a program developed by us was used to stimulate the development of strength abilities, which was built on the basis of the use of supersets. The experimental program was based on the methodological and practical recommendations of the leading American specialist in strength sports, Dr. F. Hatfield, and contributed to the development of types of strength abilities – maximum, explosive strength and strength endurance. As a result of using the program for the development of strength abilities, the performance of students in the experimental group in test exercises improved from 3.84 % in the long jump exercise from a standing position, which characterizes the manifestation of explosive strength, to 11.58 % in the static dynamometry exercise, which characterizes the manifestation of maximum strength. Conclusions. Analysis of the results of the conducted study indicates the effectiveness of the experimental program for the development of strength abilities of higher education students. It was established that the implementation of this program in the educational process in classes on the discipline “Theory and Methods of Teaching Athletics” provides a significant increase in strength indicators. Based on the results obtained, the developed program can be recommended for use in practical classes as an effective means of optimizing the level of development of strength abilities of higher education students.