Pidhaina V. Programming of health-enhancing physical exercise for 16-17-year-old boys using aquatic recreational activities

The dissertation study addressed the problem of forming the appropriate level of physical fitness and the level of physical health in high school students in the process of health-enhancing physical exercise classes involving elements of aquatic recreation. The school students were found to show a low level of physical fitness and physical condition of the body. One of the ways to solve this problem is to develop accessible, attractive, and unique health-enhancing exercise programs for implementing them in the leisure activities of young people. One of such areas is a program with elements of aquatic recreation. Therefore, the goal of the study was to theoretically substantiate and to develop a program of health-enhancing physical exercise classes using aquatic recreational activities for 16-17-year-old boys aimed at improving physical condition and the level of engagement in regular health-enhancing and recreational physical exercise activities.