Interaction of race walking and running in the structure of professional and applied physical training of students of engineering specialties

the article focuses on the search for highly effective pedagogical tools for professionally applied physical training of students in engineering specialties in the context of technological leadership. A technology leader is able to activate innovations, advanced ideas in the aerospace industry, robotics, information technology, medicine with the obligatory support of health, activity and energy. It has been established that race walking and running, introduced into the section of the work program of the elective course “Professional and Applied Physical Training” carried out in senior years of study, contribute to the development of speed, endurance and coordination as key professionally important physical qualities of future technological leaders, and as an example, a set of physical exercises for students of priority engineering specialties is proposed, containing race walking and running. It has been found that race walking and running demonstrate mutual influence on each other and allow to activate cognitive functions (attention, thinking), increase resistance to stress of a person initiating innovative solutions, and reveal leadership potential.

professional and applied physical training, race walking, running, student youth, engineering activities, physical training