Petrova A. The effectiveness of using the variable module “CrossFit” in the physical education of high school pupils

The dissertation is devoted to improving the educational process for the physical education of high school pupils in institutions of complete general secondary education, by introducing the developed experimental program of the variable module “CrossFit” to the content of physical culture lessons, aimed at improving the level of physical health and physical fitness of the indicated age contingent. The purpose of the dissertation research was to substantiate the feasibility and effectiveness of using the variable module “CrossFit” in physical education of high school pupils. The research object was physical education of the 10th–11th grade pupils of institutions of complete general secondary education, and the research subject was the influence of classes using CrossFit on the physical health and motor fitness of high school pupils. The following methods were used to solve the tasks: theoretical analysis and synthesis of scientific and methodological literature; pedagogical observation; survey (questionnaire); pedagogical testing; biomedical methods; pedagogical experiment and methods of mathematical statistics. According to the results of the research, the following scientific results were obtained: for the first time, the content of the curriculum of the “CrossFit” variable module for the 10th–11th-grade pupils was proved; for the first time, the influence of “CrossFit” exercises on the level of physical health and motor fitness of high school pupils was determined; evidence of improving the physical fitness of high school pupils under the influence of various motor activities; was confirmed scientific information on ways to modernize the system of physical education in educational institutions; was improved information on the attitude of pupils in institutions of complete general secondary education to physical education lessons; level of physical health and motor fitness are acquired further.