VOLLEYBALL AS A SPORT, CONTRIBUTING TO THE FORMATION OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPORTS ACTIVITIES
Purpose: to study volleyball as a sport that promotes the formation of a positive attitude to sports activities among young people. Materials and methods of research: In the course of the study, the main groups of motives that induce a person to engage in physical training were identified. These include health-improving, communicative, competitive-competitive, aesthetic, cognitive-developing, psychologically significant and educational motives. By the method of BJ Crett, a questionnaire was developed to identify the most significant motivations that motivate young people to engage in volleyball. The respondents were 15 students of the Siberian Federal University aged 19 to 22, who are actively engaged in this sport. Participants in the questionnaire were asked to evaluate factors that motivated volleyball for a 10-point system. Results: After analyzing the data obtained during the research, it can be concluded that the strongest motives for volleyball are: improving sports results; strengthening physical health; superiority over rivals; gaining self-confidence. A small number of interviewed students prefer cognitive-developing and psychologically-significant motives. These results indicate that modern youth are not sufficiently aware of the benefits of sports activities for the psychological health of a person and the need to know the characteristics of their body. Conclusions: when forming a positive attitude to sports activity through volleyball, the health aspects of this game and the opportunity to develop various personal qualities and self-control have the greatest impact. In the preparation of volleyball players, insufficient importance is attached to the psychological and communicative functions of sports activities.