У статті на основі аналізу літератури та результатів дослідження з’ясовуються складові та особливості
студентського спорту та спортивних клубів для різносторонньо підготовленого контингенту студентської молоді та вимоги
до навчального і оздоровчого процесу тренування.
The article gives a distinction between the sport of higher
achievements and mass sport. The restructuring of the system of physical education in higher education institutions (according to the
European credit-modular system) led to a reduction in the number of hours of instruction in physical education. 60% of the study time
is transferred to self-study students.
In the article, on the basis of the analysis of literature and the results of the study, the components and characteristics of student
sports and sports clubs for a multifaceted contingent of student youth and the requirements for the training and health-improvement process of
training are clarified.
The article states that the sports clubs at the universities depends on the availability of material and technical (sports complex) of
educational institutions; as well as technical and physical training of a contingent of students. The physical culture of a higher educational
institution can be represented as mandatory physical education according to curricula and the work of sports sections and clubs for students
outside of school hours. It raises the question of the elimination of physical education departments in some universities of Ukraine and creation
on their basis of voluntary sports clubs to visit breakout sessions students. This innovation leads to the abandonment of physical training of
students, which in turn affects students' health and then to the entire educational process as a whole. In higher educational institutions, together
with state organizations, student sports clubs can exist on a voluntary basis. Their types, focus, ways of organization are given in the article. In
the article the criteria of students' choice of sports and the system of physical exercises.
