Abstract
The article outlines the problems of strengthening and maintaining public health. The deteriorating health of children and adolescents is of particular concern. Despite numerous studies aimed at finding ways to improve the effectiveness of physical education, the main challenge is to find innovative approaches to the organization of physical education classes, taking into account the interests and age characteristics of children. The effectiveness of step aerobics, which has a positive effect on physical condition, is that classes have a complex effect on the body: strengthen all muscle groups, develop joint mobility, improve ligament and tendon elasticity, increase the level of aerobic capacity, strengthen the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, develop strength, flexibility, coordination of movements, train general and strength endurance, contributing to increasing the level of physical fitness, enrich the motor arsenal. The health-improving effect of step aerobics is a general physiological effect on the body, increasing metabolism, activating the body’s immune system, as well as prevention of cardiovascular disease, posture correction, prevention of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, improving psycho-emotional well-being, and promoting creativity. Given the value of step-aerobics as a means of increasing the level of physical fitness and health in the process of physical education of students and its application is relevant. The lack of a scientifically based methodology requires experimental research in this area. Despite the popularity of step aerobics, the literature does not define the most effective programme of health-enhancing step aerobics. Existing developments based on basic aerobics do not include recommendations for the use of different variations of physical fitness exercises in the school curriculum. The use of traditional methods does not increase children’s motor activity, which encourages the need to find new means of physical education for schoolchildren. Therefore, the problem of developing a scientifically-based approach to the use of step[1]aerobics in the classroom is relevant
Keywords
physical education; adolescence; step aerobics; experimental program; stretching; physical health; physical fitness
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