Keyword: «sports activities»

The article is devoted to the study of the influence of sports activities on the development of leadership skills in adolescents. As part of the study, the author conducted a diagnosis of psychological personality qualities necessary for a leader and manifested in adolescents engaged in various sports, analyzed the results of a diagnostic study, on the basis of which practical recommendations were formulated for the de-velopment of leadership qualities in adolescents involved in sports.

The historical aspects of the development of the physical education system for various population groups in our country continue to be the focus of attention for modern researchers without losing their relevance. The aim of this work was to examine the development of physical education and sports activities among Crimean schoolchildren from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s. Based on systemic and regional approaches, this work used a variety of general theoretical and historical-pedagogical methods, including analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, system-historical analysis, and historical-retrospective and comparative methods. The main sources for studying this issue are the documents of the Republican Committee for Physical Education and Sports under the Council of People's Commissars of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1936 to 1941, which were first introduced into scientific circulation. The analysis of the scientific fund showed that physical education, since the mid-1930s, had taken a significant place in the system of education of the younger generation in the regions of the USSR, in particular in the Crimean ASSR. It was found that, in addition to improving the physical condition of students, work in the ideological, patriotic, and moral spheres had been significantly intensified. By the beginning of the 1940s, comprehensive coverage of compulsory physical education classes had been achieved in educational institutions in Crimea, and efforts were made to improve the staffing, material and technical resources for physical education. The self-organized physical education movement in school clubs and physical education teams was constantly expanding. During the period under study, the development of the ГТО and БГТО (Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR) complexes as a methodological basis for physical education of Soviet schoolchildren was completed. School sports teams were included in the system of sports competitions from intra-school to all-Union levels. The theoretical significance of the work lies in obtaining previously unknown data on the organization of physical education and sports activities in schools of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the late 1930s and early 1940s, which contribute to a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the region's development. The practical significance of this work lies in the possibility of critical reflection and the borrowing of positive experience for the further development and improvement of the modern system of physical education for school-aged children.