The implementation of basketball means in the recreational activities of student youth

Abstract

The article presents the results of the implementation of basketball means into the recreational activities of students. The study involved 32 young men aged 17-21 years, all of them are students of Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University. In accordance with the tasks of the research work, we selected research organizing methods which are used in the practice of pedagogy, physiology and physical education of various groups of the population. Analysis of the results obtained before and after the pedagogical experiment indicates a statistically significant difference (p<0.05; p<0.01) in most of the indicators studied. Under the influence of recreational activities by means of basketball, the young men aged 17-21 years improved their memory by 31.6 % (p<0.05) and selfefficacy by 14.2 % (p<0.05); their attention span increased by 39.1 % (p<0.05). The index of the complicated Romberg test was improved significantly (p<0.05), so the average result grew by 69.3 %. The results obtained are recommended for implementation into the educational process of the Department of Health and Physical Recreation of the Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, in particular for self-study of students in extracurricular time.