Some peculiarities of Kazakh national sports development on the example of West Kazakhstan Region

Peculiarities, trends and problems of Kazakh national sports development in the West Kazakhstan Region are presented. Analysis, data integration of specialist literature, examination of documentations, conversations were used in the research. The received data was interpreted on the basis of activity theory, culturology approach, and concept of combination of national and international in the field of physical education. The research was carried out at Natural Science Disciplines Department of West Kazakhstan Innovation Technological University (West Kazakhstan Region, Uralsk) in 2012-2017. Contradictory dynamics of the number of sport sections, athletes and acting trainers in urban and rural areas of the region is shown. A general positive trend in the development of function indexes of Kazakh national sports from 2012 to 2014 is marked, the emphasis is made on their culturology value. Problematic situations in the development of Kazakh national sports in the rural area are revealed concerning human resourcing, insufficient number of people of West Kazakhstan Region who are engaged in these sports. We can see that the development and functioning of Kazakh national sports are inhomogeneous, nevertheless, the urban population dominates because of better material and technical conditions, financial and human resourcing. The significance of Kazakh national sports is mentioned as a factor of increasing the level of massive participation of people on physical education and sports activities. It is the leading factor of “Physical Education” branch development, revival and reservation of rich national cultural traditions, education of young generation and health promotion, realization of new nationwide and regional strategies in physical education and sports, and it is also one of the most important direction of the Republic of Kazakhstan development for near-term and long-term prospects in accordance with new government documents that have appeared in recent years.

Kazakh national sports, trends, peculiarities, development, culture