Swimming lessons as a direction of university students personality socialization
The purpose of the study is to identify the main directions, on which the university swimmers-students had advantage over the studying, who visited classes in physical culture. Methodology and organization research. The work was conducted with the help of student’s survey, the techniques were used to determine their morphofunctional state, physical and mental performance, physical fitness and morbidity. Examination of students of RSSU was held in the period 2018-2019 academic years. Research results. The work carried out the comparative characteristic of the morphofunctional state, physical fitness, the level of morbidity and the components of the skills of a healthy lifestyle at students - professional swimmers and students visiting educational classes in physical culture. Most athletes' students regularly watch television programs, read fiction, being engaged in the organized leisure time, often do not use alcoholic beverages and drugs, don’t smoke. Students, not being engaged in the sports, consider the moderate use of bad habits as the normal phenomenon, and physical education classes as the compulsory visit to training sessions. Conclusion. Swimming classes significantly increase the levels of the university students morphofunctional state, their physical fitness, physical and mental performance, reduce the incidence and contribute to the socialization of their personality.