Однією з основних задач, що постає в даний час перед дисципліною «Фізичне виховання» у вищому учбовому закладі, є поліпшення фізичної підготовленості студентів під час навчання, а також підвищення рівня їх фізичних якостей. В роботі викладені особливості проведення учбово-тренувальних занять по настільному тенісу із студентами вищого учбового закладу. Зроблена спроба обґрунтування застосування занять настільним тенісом як засобу підвищення рівня фізичної якості спритності.
The systematic use of engaging in a physical culture and sport is the youth animated by optimism, longevity and health. Engaging in a physical culture is not limited to the use of physical exercises, engaging in some kind of sport, such employment includes also a public and personal occupational and way of life, use of natural forces health for tempering of organism, correct mode of labour, rest and feed of man. Other things being equal, than better the state of health and higher level of physical preparedness of man, so much the better he can carry various physical activities. Wide complex of events, that has for an aim creation of normal terms of labour and way of life, and also making healthy, including productive, provided student young people by the Government programs on P.E and sport. Engaging in P.E in higher educational establishments provides the increase of general culture, wide making healthy, decline of level of diseases and increase of intellect-psychology potential of student young people. The necessity of the every kind use of facilities of physical culture and sport for an achievement and support of high capacity of students is underline in the Government program of P.E for institution of higher learning. The improvement of physical preparation of students during the teaching and the rising of level of their physical qualities is the basic task that gets up before the discipline of «Physical education» in higher educational establishment in present time. The features of conducting the table tennis training lessons with the students of higher educational establishment are set out in the article. The attempt of basis of application the table tennis training lessons as the mode of raising the physical quality of dexterity is undertaken.