Piatnytska D. Development of Physical Abilities in Female Students of Higher Educational Institutions by Aerobics

The thesis studies the problem of increasing the effectiveness of development of physical abilities in female students of higher educational institutions in the course of extracurricular classes in aerobics. Based on the analysis of scientific and methodological literature and practical experience, the thesis summarized the general theoretical provisions as to the organization and content of physical education of female students of higher educational institutions in the course of extracurricular classes; it discloses the essence of the experimental method. The thesis systematizes the popular types of aerobics involved in the experiment according to the data of the current research and scientific and methodological literary sources. It analyzes the female students' motivation for physical education classes and the applicability of modern innovative methods during the extracurricular aerobics classes with female students of higher educational institutions. The thesis theoretically grounds and experimentally proves the effectiveness of the method for development of female students' physical abilities through combined application of aerobics exercises in the course of extracurricular classes. It determines the effectiveness of the influence that combined aerobics classes have on the state of physical and mental fitness and development of physical and coordination abilities of female students of higher educational institutions, which contributes to improvement of their health and academic performance in other subjects in their further studies at the higher educational institution.